ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Parliament in a narrow vote has approved a bill reforming the debt-ridden country’s pension and tax systems.
The bill, introduced as part of the requirements the country must meet under its third international bailout, is set to increase social security and pension contributions, and raise taxes for most people.
The bill was approved by the 153 lawmakers of the ruling Syriza/Independent Greeks government coalition in an early Monday vote. All opposition parties in the 300-member Parliament voted against it. more
They sure don’t make Greeks like they used to.
Greece is our future. The manufacture nothing. They destroyed their rule of law by looking the other way when people decided which laws to obey. They bought votes by steadily increasing the government and making financial commitments with other people’s money.
When the people refused to support socialist plans by agreeing to pay more in taxes to fund them, the politicians took on debt to finance the schemes.
Now their fates are controlled by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in Brussels.
What did socialists use before candles? Electricity. Say goodnight, Gracie.
I asked my mom how Greece could go from warriors, shipping and trade and world class scholars to THIS.
She said, “Communism”.
So gross.
A word was left out of the headline to this post – “Again”.
Gonna be the Peloponnesian War all over again.
This time with modern weaponry …
izlamo delenda est …