Life and Debt: A Greek Tragedy (merged)

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Honestly, I don't think so, because the average Greek doesn't really have much in the way of benefits to go away. As many have pointed out, no matter what way Greece went with the referendum today, it was still going to be majorly screwed over in the immediate future. I think that this vote, if anything, is partially national pride, a determination to stick two fingers up at what has been portrayed as an overbearing European presence in Greek internal affairs. In a way, it's not that much different to all the other anti-EU movements which have been spreading throughout Europe over the past decade.
The Greeks know that hard times are coming, but it will be on their terms rather than on Berlins. In theory at least.

To quote the film 'Gandhi': "Mr. Kinnoch, I beg you to accept that there is no people on Earth who would not prefer their own bad government to the good government of an alien power."

Thank you for your answer.

I had two things on my mind when writing. Their retirement age is about 53 years. And the EU want Greece to raise it to 67. and their vacation pay, who should be something out of the ordinary was also forced to be changed(have heard it in a news program)

But I'm not an expert on Greece or state economics I can only reply what I read/see and hear on the news and Internet.

And even that is difficult-´cause I seem to get different information depending on which channel I watch or which Internet page I read

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