If Greece has to now destroy its economy for the sake of austerity there is no legitimate reason for the US to have declared independence form Britain. The US did not want to pay for the French and Indian war, so we rebelled. Never has a country less oppressed rebelled. This proves the USA to be the greatest whiners in history. We should have paid Britain for the war and shut the F%^K up. Germany must also be held to pay ALL 20th century debt including WWI reparations and the debt forgiven i n 1953. Everyone must be held to the same standard. I cannot get beyond the idea that Northern Europe wants Southern Europe to abandon its culture and become Germans. I say Germany should shed its rule based society and be broken up into the separate states it was before Bismark. Really Brussels should just assume all governance of Greece. otherwise it gets the benefit and none of the responsibility. This kind of national; humiliation usually leads to violence. I can only hope. 10,000 suicides in Greece due to economic pressure. I guess this was not enough for Finland and Germany ., I imagine there will be more suicides which should suit European banks just fine. No Greeks= no problem. Elections do not matter ( except in the US where we vote for our supreme court) so why not abolish national government and let Brussels run everything. They are after all, responsible Northern Europeans