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Why Greece matters for all of us

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To German Chancellor A. Merkel:

We, citizens from Germany and around the world, call on you to stop forcing an austerity package on Greece, and instead move to hold a conference to restructure and reduce Greek debt. Austerity measures have totally failed to deal with the debt, and instead have caused unimaginable pain on Greece’s most vulnerable. Since the cuts, youth unemployment has risen to near 50%, infant mortality has increased by 43 percent, and 4 in 10 children live in poverty. We urge you to change course and put people before banks. This is your responsibility and you can fix it. 
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Why Greece matters for all of us
This week could decide the fate of the greek people, and of Europe. There's only one good option, and it's not even on the table. It's our job to put it there.

Greece is set to either meet Germany's demands to continue crippling its economy to pay foreign banks, or withdraw from the Euro. Both outcomes could be disastrous for ordinary people in a country where half of Greece's youth are unemployed, 4 in 10 of their children live in poverty. The only other option is that Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, finally gives up on her austerity crusade to slash and burn Greek social democracy, and agrees to give Greece's economy breathing room to recover.

Austerity is the idea that you can address a debt crisis by slashing government spending. The problem is that when you slash spending, the economy collapses, so the government gets no revenue, and the debt crisis actually gets worse!

Merkel knows this moment is historic and cares about her reputation as the leader of Europe -- let's send her the message that if Greece and Europe go under this week, it will be her belligerent ideology, and not Greece, that will be blamed. Join now -- let's get 1 million of our voices all over German newspapers, radio and TV in the next 72 hours.

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