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Do you seriously think that anyone on this website doesn't know the term PIGS? Do you think that I wasn't alive four years ago?

And the PIGS weren't the poorest countries in Europe; they were the most over-leveraged. Spain is much better-off than Bulgaria and Romania -- and certainly much better-off than a genuinely poor country.

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> Do you seriously think that anyone on this website doesn't know the term PIGS? Do you think that I wasn't alive four years ago?

If you'd like to explain why you took offense to my comment, please do. I'd like to foster discussion where people do not take personal offense to my words on a message board when I didn't mean to offend anyone. I'd legitimately appreciate any feedback you have.

> And the PIGS weren't the poorest countries in Europe;

I'm not talking about objective reality, but about popular public perception.

> Do you seriously think that anyone on this website doesn't know the term PIGS?

N≥1; I couldn't have said what it was.

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