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Greece has huge international debts due now. If these new loans were used as a stimulus instead of debt repayment they would default now and escalate the crisis the lenders are trying to contain.

If you managed your house well in the good times then large deficit spending is an option in the bad times. However if you end the good times with debt at 100%+ of GDP you have no options.



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