LARRY ROIBAL

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The first step in solving a crisis is to admit one exists and then spell it out in all it’s ugly detail. The newly elected Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou admitted that not only was the Greek deficit twice as high as previously reported, but his country’s finances were also a mess, corruption was pervasive and tax evasion, rampant. Refreshing to have a leader not resort to jingoism.

Ball point pen on todays newsprint

The Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou announced that Greece has reached an agreement on the European Union’s rescue package. The package gives Greece a few years to restructure it’s economy and reign in public spending. Few are optimistic.

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All eyes are on the European Union. Mounting debt in some small member countries like Greece and Portugal are threatening the Union and causing European markets to free fall…Stay tuned.

Doodled from top to bottom: President of Greece Karolos Papoulias and President of Portugal Aníbal António Cavaco