ramboacdc Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 anyone else helped out with this insanity? i gave 5 euro i must admit. even if it reaches 10% i will be shocked! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/greek-bailout-fund#/story
bovril Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Nice gesture, I feel for ordinary people in Greece. But in some countries 'crowdfunding' is called 'tax'.
bmt Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 The problem is that this doesn't go to the greek people it's just a debt repayment, and they have more (and larger) ones coming up regularly for the foreseeable future. Even if this is successful it would just be a waste of time
ramboacdc Posted 1 July 2015 Author Posted 1 July 2015 i did my maths wrong and thought it was near 1%. but 1% is 16m not 1.6m like i thought!
Babylon Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Good luck raising the 400 billion needed with that one.
yorkie1999 Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Good luck raising the 400 billion needed with that one. I don't know, as of last night they had raised 207,000....
ramboacdc Posted 1 July 2015 Author Posted 1 July 2015 I don't know, as of last night they had raised 207,000.... when i left work an hour ago it was just over 900k. i cant get on it now however.
Strokes Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 when i left work an hour ago it was just over 900k. i cant get on it now however.only another 399999000000 to go.
bovril Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Why don't we all chip and buy an island just for Leicester fans. Name it 'Ormondroyd'.
Frank to be Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Why don't we crowd fund the purchase of the club itself then nobody could scapegoat the owners when things go tits up
bovril Posted 2 July 2015 Posted 2 July 2015 I heard the hummus and taramasalata factories have closed. It's a double dip recession.
Nalis Posted 2 July 2015 Posted 2 July 2015 I heard the hummus and taramasalata factories have closed. It's a double dip recession. I laughed way too much at this
ramboacdc Posted 7 July 2015 Author Posted 7 July 2015 unsurprisingly the last one didnt hit its targer in time so they have gone for a flexible funding one working with a greek charity. nto a bad shout. gave them 5 euro myself. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/greek-crowdfund#/story
Carl the Llama Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 How is 2 million euros going to even dent their debts?
ramboacdc Posted 7 July 2015 Author Posted 7 July 2015 How is 2 million euros going to even dent their debts? they are giving the money to greek charities that help the people at the bottom with food and the basic essentials. this isn't about giving them money to bailout now as a bit of a laugh its now about helping the poorest people in greece to get just the basics. its not their fault their government spent all the money isi t?
Webbo Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 they are giving the money to greek charities that help the people at the bottom with food and the basic essentials. this isn't about giving them money to bailout now as a bit of a laugh its now about helping the poorest people in greece to get just the basics. its not their fault their government spent all the money isi t?They did vote them in.
Carl the Llama Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 they are giving the money to greek charities that help the people at the bottom with food and the basic essentials. this isn't about giving them money to bailout now as a bit of a laugh its now about helping the poorest people in greece to get just the basics. its not their fault their government spent all the money isi t? Yeah I should have read the page first, they're gonna use the money to help get young people back into work and boost the economy but again, call me cynical but how much impact is that sum realistically going to have? It's a nice idea but reports are saying Greece is going to need at least another €25bn in hard money just to keep the economy ticking over even if they get booted out of the EU, so a couple million to keep a tiny proportion of people in work for a couple of months at best is going to do little for the greater economy, especially if they can't even withdraw and spend any of that money. This is the sort of venture you start when you have a functioning economy with low youth employment in a particular region, not when you're trying to drag an entire country out of the fiscal mire.
Strokes Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 Hopefully Greece fùck the euro off, sending it spiralling. Its a silly concept and Greece won't be last to suffer from its conception.
Guest MattP Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 They did vote them in. It's amazing how many people seem to have forgot that.
leicsmac Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 They did vote them in. And the people that didn't vote for them?
ramboacdc Posted 7 July 2015 Author Posted 7 July 2015 They did vote them in. which "Them" are you on about? the first government who lied about their national debt and expenditure or the one they have now fighting the cuts?
Guest MattP Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 which "Them" are you on about? the first government who lied about their national debt and expenditure or the one they have now fighting the cuts? Both of them. "Fighting the Cuts" is a magnificent way of describing the 6 month Syriza government though, they've done for the Anti Austerity movement what Jimmy Savile did for DJ's.
ramboacdc Posted 7 July 2015 Author Posted 7 July 2015 Both of them. "Fighting the Cuts" is a magnificent way of describing the 6 month Syriza government though, they've done for the Anti Austerity movement what Jimmy Savile did for DJ's. I in no way support the governments standpoint. you owe money you pay it. But they are not suffering from it, its the younger unemployed people that are suffering it the most which is why the suicide rate has rocketed. The "they voted them in" doesn't wash because they are not a majority, they are a PR coalition. if they got a majority i would agree with you.
Guest MattP Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 I in no way support the governments standpoint. you owe money you pay it. But they are not suffering from it, its the younger unemployed people that are suffering it the most which is why the suicide rate has rocketed. The "they voted them in" doesn't wash because they are not a majority, they are a PR coalition. if they got a majority i would agree with you. Ironically Tsipras and Syriza have rock star appeal among those young people, his approval rating is something like 70% with the under 30's. It was the young unemployed ones that are seen to have carried Syriza to power and to have delivered the Oxi vote on Sunday over the older people.
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