Greek Crisis Turns Deadly Serious; Will the World's Governments Learn from It?

My question is, 'Will our humble PUBLIC EMPLOYEES and their UNIONS learn from it. Read the Money and Markets news letter I received this morning, then read the next article about how the MEA - Michigan Education Association, (Michigan Teachers Union) expects us to bail them out for their losses in the market. Is what's going on in Greece what we have to look forward to here? Sooner or later we are going to have to face the fact that we CITIZENS can no longer keep our GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES in such fine lifestyles.

by Mike Larson

This week, the financial crisis in Greece turned deadly serious. No longer are investors just losing boatloads of money. People are starting to lose their lives!

The latest bout of chaos struck on Wednesday during a general strike. Everyone from air traffic controllers to teachers left their posts. Tens of thousands of protestors hit the streets, hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails. Three people reportedly died in a fire that struck an Athens bank branch.

So what's provoking the madness?

It's the stiff austerity measures the rest of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund want Greece to enact. Officials are forcing Greece to slash public sector wages, freeze pensions and boost taxes before they'll start disbursing the $143 billion in bailout money. FULL STORY