Occupy Athens

The picture is of Athens burning tonight because the Greek Parliament adopted an austerity budget. Greece is showing every indication that it is going to have to go over the falls before it figures out that economics are not negotiable past a certain point - and they are there.

Take a good look because this will probably also be multiple American cities in a few years when we have to undertake similar measures to keep from totally collapsing our economy. The mindset is exactly the same: you can't take away our benefits! Someone else should pay for my lifestyle! In the case of Greece, they want the Germans to pay for it. In the case of the U.S. the 50% of Americans paying taxes are supposed to pay the tab for the other half and smile. This is madness. There is no free lunch. It is a tragedy that it has to come to Athens (or Chicago, LA, etc.) before people learn.