mark is incredible even in the Rocky
Mountains you just can't get away from
the top of Caprice and everybody's
trying to figure out yes this is a
country that is two percent of the
eurozone economy it is an economy the
size of the state of Oregon why should
we really care well the question is
nobody knows what's going on number one
the Greek people don't know what they're
voting on and nobody knows really what
the market fallout could be and it's
interesting because you know some of the
interviews with Greek officials Eric
interview the mayor of Athens earlier
this week today our guy Johnson
interviewing the finance minister Yanis
varoufakis and mr. Faron mr. varvakis
saying that if people vote yes in this
referendum coming up this weekend that
he will resign and that seems to be the
call from some in Greece that if the
government does not get its way it's
been encouraging the Prime Minister
tsipras anyway has been encouraging
people to vote know that if the no vote
fails will the tsipras government resign
will there be snap elections will they
try to get new blood it's hard to see
how Alexis tsipras hangs on doesn't heal
it's very hard to see but in the whole
question of whether or not the
referendum in and of itself has
legitimacy is another topic in a curious
one you know the last time Greece
actually held a referendum I believe was
in the 1940s what Greek people were
asked do you want a king or Republic
that's a pretty clear-cut question which
probably people had established
positions on people don't know what
they're voting on what Eric and I talked
to people in the streets of Athens they
say I'm voting to stay in the euro
that's not really on the table that's
not and eric has been key in pointing
this out do the Greek people really
understand what they will be voting on
come Sunday and it seems that a lot of
them don't there have been a lot of
mixed messages but what seems to keep
getting lost in all of this is the
suffering of the Greek people they have
suffered mightily for years under
mismanagement under graft under
corruption a pension system that clearly
needs reform and clearly is not
sustainable so aside from how the
outcome of the vote goes on Sunday there
are massive structural reforms that need
to be undertaken for Greece to get back
in the good graces not of the eurozone
but of the international investment
community because they're still worried
about what's going on and as you
a very serious humanitarian toll yeah in
the meantime I remarked if those
pictures are awful heartbreaking you see
the pensioner is lining up outside the
bangs and they can only get X amount of
dollars and as some of our guests have
been pointing out you have whole
families some of which are living off of
Grandma and Grandpa's pensions because
of the situation there it's
heartbreaking it