[athoma]

Even the title of this article doesn't make a large amount of sense. Of course the Germans want to take part in "fixing" the Euro crisis. But this is the problem with people in the finance world today. All they want is a "quick" fix. "Patch" the hole and the boat will stop leaking. I completely agree, something must be done to avert a double dip however a "quick fix" will not get us there. Most importantly, people need to increase their savings, lower spending.

[DasIch]

If people save more and spend less, the prices go down, the companies make less money and unemployment figures go up. I don't quite see how this would solve the problem.

[j_col]

Precisely. That is why Germany does not have a great domestic economy, all of their wealth is generated from exports, i.e. first we lend you the money, then you buy our expensive cars with the money, then we ask for the money back ;-)

[Uchikoma]

And then I bail you out with the money from my high income tax.

You have the car. The carmaker has it's money. The bank has it's money. I don't have a car. I've paid for all this ;-)

[j_col]

Eh, who exactly is getting bailed out? I think you mean loans, which are expected to be paid back in full (and up until very recently, interest was also paid on these "bail outs" making it a profitable venture for the country doing the lending).

[Uchikoma]

With bail out, I mean you default on the debt and I pay your dept towards a bank.

[j_col]

Nobody has defaulted (yet!).