2015-06-06forbes.com

``... didn't the bailouts help Greek government provide important services to its citizens? Or, at minimum, to pay some vastly overgenerous pensions to some real Greek people? Actually, the Greek government ran a primary surplus of an estimated 1.5% of GDP in 2013 and 0.3% in 2014. The "bailouts" were mostly to pay interest and principal on maturing debt.''



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