Comment Re:Good for greece (Score 2) 1307
The Greeks will never accept an exit from the Euro.
If the ECB et al don't prop up the Greek banks w/more Euros, there will be a defacto exit from the Euro. The Greek government will have to take over the banks, but they can't pay depositors in Euros that the banks and government don't have, so it seems they will have little choice but to issue IOUs (for the sake of convenience, let's call these "Drachmas") on some vague hope that the Government/Banks will some day be able to convert these to Euros. However, until and if that day comes, the "Drachma" will become the primary currency that Greeks use for internal trade and a primary form of payment to pensioners and government employees. How much a "Drachma" is worth is anyone's guess, but a market will develop and currency (excuse me, IOU) traders will establish a value.
It won't be anywhere near as smooth as California's issuance of IOUs was some years back though.