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excuse-me on June 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Germany, Not Greece, Should Exit the Euro

Remember there is no such thing as 'Germany' in this case.

There are German taxpayers who don't want to pay more tax/see their foreign holidays cost more/pay more for their mortgage.

There are German banks who want back the money they lost in bad loans

There are German politicians who are split between keeping the banks happy and not getting hung up on lamposts by the voters.

-- just like every other country really.

danmaz74 on June 11, 2012 [–]

Right - and add German exporters who don't want to double the Country's exchange rate.

excuse-me on June 11, 2012 | [–]

Yes - it's easy to forget there are countries where manufacturing still has any relevance!~

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