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The Greeks considered themselves the apogee of civilized man and the rest of the world as barbarians: we have learned lately that the barbarians are always at the gate. by Markos N. Kaminis, www.WallStreetGreek.com Angela Merkel’s Hypocritical Plan for Greece Germany’s Finance Ministry warned in a recent Still, while Greece’s public entities reduce Central Bank (ECB) to support sovereign debt in a report that Europe’s largest economy would mark a workforce, draw back pension benefits and raise sterilized manner. When Europe can accept its unity significant slowdown in the fourth quarter. In an taxes, they are constraining the Greek economy. This on the streets of Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Athens and attempt to mitigate the economic issue, German is something that the Germans can no longer Madrid, then it will have the resources and the will to Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested opposing dispute, given their own domestic policy push, fulfill its brave dream. On that day, it can likewise German political party members stop blocking her though to be fair, Merkel’s opponents are calling her stop lying to the Greeks and the Spaniards about proposed tax cuts. Merkel indicated that the German demands irresponsible. The repercussions of the what’s best today for their economies. economy needed economic stimulus, and that tax actions in Greece are pushing away private industry, cuts should help domestic economic growth by illustrated recently by the move of Coca-Cola You may follow Mr. Kaminis’ column at giving her countrymen more money to spend. Hellenic (NYSE: CCH), which is relocating its WallStreetGreek.com and SeekingAlpha.com Likewise, she is promoting pension contribution headquarters to Switzerland and relisting its shares cuts to help German prosperity, and advising in London. Merkel does not want to trigger that companies to give more lucrative pay increases to same sort of flight in Germany, but is asking for their employees. Sounds sensible no? companies that face no foreign competition to pay an alternative energy surcharge from which they Now imagine the perspective of a Southern have long been exempted. European onlooker. The hypocritical divergence of the two directives being issued to the various groups What drives German stocks, like those found must fill Greeks with disgust. European leaders, at in the DAX and the iShares MSCI Germany the nudging of Germany, have pushed the complete Index (NYSE: EWG), likewise drives Greek opposite strategy for Greek and Spanish prosperity stocks, like those found in the Global X than those being promoted in Germany today. So FTSE Greece 20 ETF (NYSE: GREK). For that which is the true path to prosperity, the one being matter, it’s what drives the iShares S&P promoted by the Germans for the Germans or the Europe 350 (NYSE: IEV) and the SPDR S&P one being promoted by the Germans for the Greeks? 500 (NYSE: SPY )! The rules of economic prosperity are indifferent to the language Obviously, the issue is more complex than that, spoken or culture found within a given given the debt and management problems of the country; they are universal. Thus, the Greeks versus the smooth operating German economic policy prescribed to Greece economic machine. The Greeks must adhere to the and Spain should be the same as that prescription of their emergency creditors in order to b e i n g r e c o m m e n d e d f o r receive desperately needed funds. Still, why does the Germany, or at least should economic prescription contrast so sharply to the pill stress growth over austerity. being recommended by Merkel for the Germans? It is after all for the same ultimate purpose, the It is ignorant closed- betterment of the economy, and in Greece’s m i n d e d n e s s a n d situation, the ensuring of debt repayment.