UNITED STATES
Christian Catholicism

Jerry Slevin

A Greek finance official reportedly said on Monday (2/9/15) that he did not believe German Chancellor Angela Merkel would let Greece go bankrupt. “I think what counts is what Greece will put on the table,” Merkel said at a news conference in Washington where she is meeting with US President Obama on the Greek debt and other crises.

Part of the solution for the Greek debt crisis may be for Merkel and Obama to show some fortitude and shift some of the excessive subsidies that both their countries pay to support obscene “bling bishops” in Germany and the USA. German government direct subsidies to Catholic bishops exceed $6 billion a year and US indirect subsides (contribution tax deductions, tax exemptions, etc.) are likely even much higher.

In addition, both countries face escalating governmental social welfare expenditures related to tens of thousands of survivors…