vivideagle91 said:"Do you actually think Tim Tim has a realistic shot at pulling off a comeback?"
A question for the OP here. Why on earth do you think that? I mean, what exactly is giving you the impression—what's your actual basis for believing they even want to, or have any intention of, doing something good for this country? Wake up.
Why on earth would a rational global executive opt for a paycheck that is a mere fraction of what they could earn elsewhere?
They succeed, just like everyone else.
Foreign-educated appointees are essentially sent in to manage the wreckage of bankruptcies within failed states.
Look at the pattern: Luis de Guindos (Portugal, ex Lehman Brothers), Mario Monti (Italy, ex Goldman Sachs), Krstic (Mexico ex McKinsey), Christodoulou (Greece, ex Goldman Sachs), or Shiarly (Cyprus ex PwC).
For them, it’s simply about adding another prestigious line to their CV, but one must ask: how much better did the citizens actually fare under their watch?
This entire situation is the textbook definition of a failed predator state, as described in political literature; even their models of plunder aren't homegrown—they are imported, much like everything else here.
The bankruptcy administrator first met with the creditors who dispatched him, then came the meeting with the IMF, followed by the ECB.
The Troika—does that sound like déjà vu to anyone?
We might actually escape this cycle of debt slavery if they were to return the assets that were stolen from us, yet that is a topic no one ever bothers to mention.
That isn't why Tim arrived. Their sole interest lies in tax collection, which, in the coming years, can only trend upward because:
“We won't return to our 2008 employment levels even in two decades, if ever. The population is aging, and the youth are emigrating. Our workforce is shrinking even if we were to become a prosperous nation. Neither the number of retirees will decrease, nor will employment increase.” —Željko Lovrinčević
Anyway, I’m off to join the queue at the ATM.