Thousands of angry Greeks march against austerity

[Jaron]

The DOE is the single most critical agency in the US. 

You never changed states while you were in school, did you? Even presuming education was the most important function of the government, very little of it is decided at the national level.

How do you figure?

[Admiral Yi]

Is Jaron: working under a DOE grant?

[Eddie Teach]

Curriculum, teacher requirements, even how the schools are organized* are determined at state and local levels.

*I went from being in a middle school in 4th and 5th grade to being in an elementary school in 6th grade when I moved.

[grumbler]

Rolling back the DOE? Why?

Save money without harming anything significant (hell, maybe saving money and improving education at the same time!)

The DOE is the single most critical agency in the US. 

DOE is the Department of Energy. 

ED is the Department of Education.

I guess that's one of those things only professionals in the field would ever need to know, but it also highlights how insignificant the ED really in the the public consciousness.

[Jaron]

[Sheilbh]

On nothing I wonder if JR's worries about why the EU were doing this as opposed to the IMF I wonder if it's possible that it's simply that Sarko doesn't want DSK to look too good?  Is that too petty?

[Palisadoes]

I found out today that the Greek retirement age was 53 until recently! 53!? Ludicrous!

[Admiral Yi]

A long time ago I read that a Brazilian public employee could retiree at something like 38 with a full pension.  Can't remember the exact age but it was something ridiculous.

[Neil]

When you live in the third world, 53 is old age.

[Habbaku]

A long time ago I read that a Brazilian public employee could retiree at something like 38 with a full pension.  Can't remember the exact age but it was something ridiculous.

Seems right to me.  Join on at 18, work for 20 years.

[Viking]

Unternehmen Marita II is called for.

[Palisadoes]

A long time ago I read that a Brazilian public employee could retiree at something like 38 with a full pension.  Can't remember the exact age but it was something ridiculous.

That is ludicrous!

That thing of civil servants retiring earlier than private sector workers is ludicrous by itself too (like it here until recently too). Public sector workers get it far too easy.

When you live in the third world, 53 is old age.

The more I here about Greece the more I come to the conclusion that it is indeed a third world country.

[Monoriu]

Now that the salaries and benefits of the Greek tax collectors have been cut, they'll have more reason to take bribes on the side 

[Darth Wagtaros]

So how are the PIIG nations doing these days?  Rush said they were going to be turned into a new Caliphate. Well, that BAEN wackjob Kratman - who is probably a cover for Michael Savage - wrote that anyway,