Well, you can push people only to a certain point until they explode.
The fact is, the ordinary Greeks already had painful cuts in the last 2,3 years, before another round started this year. There had also been protests, but not in this dimension and not with the media coverage we see today.
Another fact is, that like any government in the world, the Greek government looks out first for themselves, for their own servants, that's where ridiculous laws like the one kranz stated come from.
The difference between a government job and a job at a private company in Greece are enormous, not only in payment, but also in job security. In terms of money it is the difference between starving wages on the free market or good till very good pay in the public sector. Who can blame the ordinary people who did prefer to work for the state.
The government sector is of course blown out of proportions, in terms of employment and money. I don't see the fault at the ordinary Greek people, who just want to make a living, but in a corrupt government, who played big spender. And to this government goes all the bailout money, what a stupid joke, the equivalent in giving more booze to the alcoholic when he promises: "Ok, I'll drink less!"
So maybe it's time for the Greeks to **** everything up, decorate the street lights with the heads of the government and their banker buddies and start something new. I'll drink an Ouzo to that!
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