[lbo-talk] "I Won't Pay" movement grips debt-ridden Greece

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Ira Glazer <ira.glazer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/02/22/general-eu-greece-i-won-apos-t-pay_8319311.html
>
> "They blockade highway toll booths to give drivers free passage. They cover
> subway ticket machines with plastic bags so commuters can't pay. Even
> doctors are joining in, preventing patients from paying fees at state
> hospitals.

Funny the same thing used to happen in Argentina before (2000), during
(2001) and after (2002) the economic meltdown.

By the time the country started growing again in 2003 and people began
having money in their pockets, that disappeared.

FC
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