In a general sense the EU expecting money from us to help bail them out is like having your wealthy aunts and uncles who all had more money then you, coming to you for a bail out. Meanwhile you've worked to be responsible and manage your own finances in a responsible way, so now because they wont get what they wont they want to hold our "responsible behavior" against us. They in fact find it "irritating" that we have been able to recover so well from the financial turmoil of the last 5 years or so.
Perhaps the EU could be working with Canada to try to follow our example rather then hold it over our heads.
Of course by no means are we a perfectly responsible nation, but I like how Canada doesn't jump on every bandwagon just because everyone is asking them to.
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