The Problem With The European Union. (Cultural Theme)
For anybody who doesn’t fully understand the Euro situation , it is explained in the picture below and elaborated in the text following it.
Si haya alguien que no entiende completamente la situación del euro, la siguiente imagen abajo se lo explica y se desarrolla en el texto más abajo.
Pythagoras' theorem - 24 words.
Lord's Prayer - 66 words.
Archimedes Principle - 67 words.
10 Commandments - 179 words.
Gettysburg address - 286 words.
US Declaration of Independence - 1,300 words.
US Constitution with all 27 Amendments - 7,818 words.
EU regulations on the sale of cabbage - 26,911 words
La teoría de Pitágoras - 24 palabras
La oración del Señor - 66 palabras
El principio de Archímedes - 67 palabras
Los diez mandamientos - 179 palabras
El discurso de Gettysburg - 286 palabras
La declaración de la independencia del EEUU - 1,330 palabras
La constitución del EEUU que incluye las 27 enmiendas - 7,818 palabras
Las reglas de la Europa que se determinan la venta del repollo - 26,911 palabras
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Die Wende, followed by the German reunification in 1990 and the emergency merger of the economies of both Germanies have cost the West German tax-payer quite a lot of money. A price West Germany had to pay for absorbing East Germany. But the differences have not disappeared, and there still are 'Ossies' and 'Wessies' who sometimes bear some kind of grudge against the other, the Wessies because of the large subsidies that are still transferred from west to east whereas at the same time some regions in the West, such als the Ruhr district, are also in need of more help. Since the unification and up to very recently the eastern German economy has been struggling to survive, young people had to leave looking for jobs elsewhere and people are disappointed because they feel, rightly ot wrongly, that they are treated as second rate citizens. Unemployment has dropped in the last five years, but the minimum wages have been abolished too, and too many people are working for less than 5 € per hour. The 'economic miracle' is partly due to the increasing number of working poor, and you can hardly blame these people for being averse to financial aid for countries that are depicted as lazy good-for-nothings and congenital tax-evaders. And at the same time the very rich are growing richer all over the world, and the rest is coaxed into blaming other people just like them for the problems they are confronted with.
Ten cuidado de griegos dones exigentes .
Is old Macedonian proverb.
Hmm.... My understanding is that French and German banks own upwards of 40% of Greek debt. So should Greece default or revert to the Drachma (and thus use inflation to shrink its debt) the French and Germans will have quite the amount of "poo" on their faces as well.
The question is not simply about Germany lending money or Germany coming to the rescue of the Greeks. In a sense, the Germans would also be rescuing their own banks from massive losses by providing Greece with emergency financial assistance.
A mi entender los bancos francéses y Alemánes han comprado mas de 40% de la deuda Griega. Así que sí Grecia cae en default o vuelve a instituir la dracma (y por consiguiente utilizar la inflación para disminuir su deuda) los Francéses y Alemánes estarán cubiertos de "caca" también.
Por lo tanto no es solamente una cuestión de Alemán rescatando a Grecia sino también una cuestión de Alemán ayudando a sus propios bancos nacionales para evitar pérdidas masivas.
The problem there is that German fiscal policies can't be applied to a myriad of disparate countries, because it is Germany telling the others what or not to do, maybe if they were equals, but that's obviously not the case
We do have our problems at the moment, but we're not the only ones. I don't think there is much occasion for what the Germans call 'Schadenfreude' or gloating over someone else's troubles. Not within Europe nor elsewhere. And we 've seen worse in the previous century and managed to get back on the rails again. And we will overcome the present problems too, provided that we don't panic and refrain from heeding false prophets.
Sí, pero este problema no es confinado a la zona del euro. Aquí esta el texto del NAFTA. NAFTA Como puede ver, es muy largo también. Creo que México a veces siente como los pájaros más debajo en su dibujo. Qualquier tiempo en que tiene los ricos y los pobres en la misma economía, va a tener lo mismo problema.
Yes, but this problem is not confined to the Euro zone. Here is the text of NAFTA. As to can see, it too is very long. I believe that Mexico at times feels like the birds below in your drawing. Any time you have the rich and the poor in the same economy, you are going to have the same problem.
Too many very different people/ cultures dipping in one wannabe alike pot. 
The ironic thing is Germany for so long that bottom bird drowning in poo because of the World Wars and getting the blame for it all and they were treated like lepers; Nobody wanted to help them. 
However, the tables have so vastly turned and now they're sitting on top and everyone is asking for a bailout that I don't see coming. 
However I do feel sorry for a few of the countries... especially Spain. 
Interesting point. That blurb about the number of words is very telling. Wow... 26, 911 words about the selling of cabbage only!!!
Words! This says it all. I feel so sorry for Greece, but also Spain and Italy. I really can't believe how they found a common currency a good idea in the first place and why they couldn't predict this.
