07 Jan 2012 5:23 AM:

 Interesting thread.  I heard about this article when the newspaper was reviewed on SKY.  I did have a bit of a fit when I heard.  

Maybe it's because we are on an unchartered area that is making us jittery.

Our local farmacia hasn't been paid by the Spanish Gov  for subscription drugs since June 2011.  He says the gov owes him 280,000 euros.  He's very worried, but he says he is okay for now and can pay his staff.

So what happens when he can't pay to replenish his drug stocks?  Does the nation run out of medicine?

The local garage hasn't been paid for the petrol/diesel they have provided the police/ambulance/bomberos... so what happens when the garage can't pay his supplier?

I don't know what is going to happen, but I know it's going to be an interesting year.

If the worse does come to the worse - it will probably be chaos until the banks/gov settles down from the shock.  

It is so tragic though that youngsters here in Spain just cannot get jobs.  

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