France lowers retirement age from 62 - 60

    Posted by matt on 6th of Jun 2012 at 08:49 pm

    LOL that didn't take long for Holland, France lowers retirement age from 62 - 60

    Here's the article

    Estonia Uses the Euro, and the Economy is Booming

    Posted by matt on 6th of Jun 2012 at 08:53 pm

    Estonia is booming according to this article, having went through deep austerity and sticking to it vs whining like babies, their economy grew at 7.6 last year. Also their debt to GDP is only 6% vs 81% for Germany which is held up as the best of the Euro nations

    Greece, France, Italy, Portugal, taka a hint?

    Here's the article

    I posted this article last

    Posted by matt on 7th of Jun 2012 at 02:31 pm

    I posted this article last night, but not sure if you guys saw it, it's an article on Estonia and how they are booming, Austerity worked for them great, it's a good read

    Here's the article

    Cannot compare Greece with Estonia...

    Posted by lebow on 8th of Jun 2012 at 07:59 am

    Island, Ireland and all the Baltic countries have recovered from the financial crash. The Baltic countries have done so and with impressive sacrifices from the public. I don't believe that that is achievable in the southern part of Europe. The public in Balticum is part of the northern part of Europe with different culture and on top of that lives in the shadow from Russia. The sovereignity is at play for them and that makes the difference to take the tougher path. Greece will have to devaluate with a new currency.

    yes, my who point was

    Posted by matt on 8th of Jun 2012 at 09:35 am

    yes, my who point was that austerity can work, but you need to have a population that can accept it.  The Estonian people accepted it because their culture was farily recently under communist rule and the nanny state mentality didn't have time to get ingrained into the culture like it has the other European socialist countries. But there are socialists who say that austerity can't work like the French President, clearly it can if implemented right.

    Of course the US is going this way over time to the nanny state.

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