# Re Greek unions & protesters violently fighting EU austerity plan - What's their solution?

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**Created:** [May 5, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-greek-unions-protesters-violently-fighting-eu-austerity-plan-whats-their-solution/538353 "2010-05-05T00:42:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-greek-unions-protesters-violently-fighting-eu-austerity-plan-whats-their-solution/538353/46 "2010-05-07T06:12:10Z")

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> [@Magiver](#):
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> Maybe in your world demonstrating against runaway spending is idiotic but not for the bipartisan group of Tea Party protesters. There are still people who recognize waste when then see it.

Please. They don’t care in the slightest about “runaway spending”, which is why they were silent about Bush spending like a drunken sailor. They care that there’s a black Democrat in office.

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