Euro states must live within their means

YOU and I earn €1,000 a month but we spend €1,200.

This has been going on now for a couple of years and the lender who provides the €200 we don’t earn is getting antsy. Aside from not covering our monthly outgoings we also have borrowings to buy train sets for you and shiny new sheds I built.

Our lender has asked us to try and raise a few extra bob or to reduce spending in an effort to balance the books. It is perplexed that these requests are met by howls of derision and abuse.