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Greece Is Running Out of Money, Cannot Make June IMF Repayment
jones_supa writes: Greece, the country which has been in extreme financial trouble and high debt for years, cannot make debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, unless it achieves a deal with creditors. 'The four installments for the IMF in June are €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion). This money will not be given and is not there to be given,' Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis told Greek Mega TV's weekend show. Shut out of bond markets and with bailout aid locked, cash-strapped Athens has been scraping state coffers to meet debt obligations and to pay wages and pensions. With its future as a member of the 19-nation eurozone potentially at stake, a second government minister accused its international lenders of subjecting it to slow and calculated torture.
If Germany paid war reparations for the brutal occupation and raping of the country of Greece, it would amount to something like $150-200 Billion owed.
Scotland should also pay reparations to Italy for crossing Hadrian's Wall and looting Britannia. If you include 16 centuries of interest, it would be way more than a measly $200B.
That's why people believe aliens build the pyramids.
I'm surprised that this hasn't made the list of common misconceptions on Wikipedia yet.
Of course it's people that built the pyramids. But the pyramid scheme itself was designed by aliens posing as gods. They came to Egypt for cheap labor and sure, they exploited people for a while, but then there was the Arab spring when people used Facebook and the Stargate to get rid of the corrupt alien leaders. People, get your facts straight!
lucm, indeed.