EIN News says, "Greece Crippled As Anti-Austerity Protesters Clash With Police Groups of youths on the edge of a major anti-austerity protest in central Athens threw rocks and firebombs at police outside Parliament, where the struggling government sought support for new cutbacks required to save the country from default. (theglobeandmail.com)".
This portends what is to come in the US. As a people, we are no more altruistic than the Greeks. We have already had a taste of it in Wisconsin.
The Greek government had a choice of postponing government austerity, or least partially facing it now. They chose the latter, and probably wisely. Further postponement only makes matters worse and the uprisings more violent.
The Greek situation is our model for the US. We must watch it carefully. The first thing to do is be sure we have established a good corps of riot police.
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