http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE7080FG20110109Germany, France and other EU countries are pressuring Portugal to take a bailout from the EU and the International Monetary Fund (UN) to stop its national debt crisis.
Interesting side note, since the formation of the United States some 200 years ago, we've had the same form of government - just one - the whole time. Yet all the European nations have had several - Italy has had 51 different forms of government in that time. And they are held up as the model we should adopt, according to the current administration.
Would not be surprised if our creditor nations aren't already suggesting we, the US, take a bailout from the IMF.
