I had to dither briefly before casting a No vote. That is bad enough!
I must add that I never ever understood how Greece was let into the Euro in the first place. Academic now? Maybe, but that also underscores every other view held today as to why Greece should get one last chance. First and foremost for its own sake, brushing aside fears that if it did leave the Euro and the EU might quickly begin to unravel too.
A country of over 11m at Europe's southeastern corner should take the blame for past mistakes committed since 1981. No more.
The sovereign-debt crisis afflicting many others in Europe and the USA is not of their making. It would not go away the following day.
I do not think quitting the Euro is a realistic option any more than Greece escaping from the long direly called-for multiple internal adjustments.
This is the real test for Greek leadership - both political and wider civil society - to reset the country on a new measured footing.
Excessive borrowing could never be healthy. Or could it ever be carried on indefinitely.
The real drama here is that the Euro has been so fundamentally undermined by foolish excesses disguised as economic growth.
Outside the Euro Greece would not be better off. Such a move would only speed up the country's economic and social decline.
Nearly troubling to varying degrees would be the fate of remaining Euro members...
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