Reducing European National Debts

With government spending spiralling out of control and national debts increasing to levels that bring European countries to the brink of default, there is an obvious solution to the economic problem. What do sensible citizens do when they get into financial trouble? They sell their assets. Greece could offload the Acropolis and the Parthenon, while Rome could surely get a princely sum for the Coliseum. And what sheik from Qatar would not pay a handsome price to have Windsor Castle as his private stopover residence, given its proximity to Heathrow Airport? Sell, sell, sell.

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