"Add rising interest payments and higher taxes to declining assets and incomes and you don't get "growth," you get insolvency.
The Status Quo consensus is that "kicking the can down the road" a.k.a. "extend and pretend" will work because "Greece, Spain, Ireland et al. are going to "grow their way out of debt." That is a fantasy.
Here's why.
1. There's a funny little feature of debt called interest. The Status Quo solution for Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain et al. is A) increase their debt load with more loans and B) roll over their old debt into new loans, without the old lenders taking any "haircut" on the principal..."
at http://www.businessinsider.com/growing-your-way-out-of-debt-is-a-fantasy-2011-6#ixzz1Q4RVLlgg
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