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[georgios100]

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Malcolm Brabant BBC News, Athens

On Planet Greece, some civil servants get a bonus for turning up to work on time. Foresters get a bonus for working outdoors. At least they show up.

There are civil servants called ghost workers because they never go into the office, head to a second job and still claim a state salary. They can't get sacked, because a civil service post is for life. Unless the incumbent decides to retire in his or her forties, with a pension.

And the government can continue paying for the afterlife. Unmarried and divorced daughters of civil servants are entitled to collect their dead parents pensions. Another lucrative sinecure is to belong to a state committee. The government has no idea how many there are.

It has been estimated that they have 10,000 employees and cost nearly £200m a year, and that includes the committee to manage a lake that dried up 80 years ago.

Amazing

And some...

The list is endless.

A foreign expert said it very clearly:

The Greeks must stop buying things they can't afford.

Credit card abuse, loan to pay loan etc was the demise of the population.
Corruption and tax evasion is rampant, totally out of control.

Since 1974, when Democracy was established, the Greek politicians promised the world in order to get their vote. The importance of winning the chair of the public office was a direct result for the sacrifice of the Greek economy.

Everybody contributed to this mess, starting from the leaders...

[Paphitis]

www.bbc.co.uk/news

Malcolm Brabant BBC News, Athens

On Planet Greece, some civil servants get a bonus for turning up to work on time. Foresters get a bonus for working outdoors. At least they show up.

There are civil servants called ghost workers because they never go into the office, head to a second job and still claim a state salary. They can't get sacked, because a civil service post is for life. Unless the incumbent decides to retire in his or her forties, with a pension.

And the government can continue paying for the afterlife. Unmarried and divorced daughters of civil servants are entitled to collect their dead parents pensions. Another lucrative sinecure is to belong to a state committee. The government has no idea how many there are.

It has been estimated that they have 10,000 employees and cost nearly £200m a year, and that includes the committee to manage a lake that dried up 80 years ago.

Amazing

And some...

The list is endless.

A foreign expert said it very clearly:

The Greeks must stop buying things they can't afford.

Credit card abuse, loan to pay loan etc was the demise of the population.
Corruption and tax evasion is rampant, totally out of control.

Since 1974, when Democracy was established, the Greek politicians promised the world in order to get their vote. The importance of winning the chair of the public office was a direct result for the sacrifice of the Greek economy.

Everybody contributed to this mess, starting from the leaders...

Can you also tell the Brits and the Yanks to also stop buying things they can't afford? How about you tell them to stop starting wars they can't afford as well you stupid fuck!

[Gasman]

The 'pensions' situation in Greece is well known and widely written about. Greek workers are 'pampered' compared with German workers and that's why Germans are so pissed off at having to fork out to bail them out.

[georgios100]

The 'pensions' situation in Greece is well known and widely written about. Greek workers are 'pampered' compared with German workers and that's why Germans are so pissed off at having to fork out to bail them out.

The Germans are, in a way, right, but their gestures (media) are a disgrace. Their demands of putting Acropolis, Korfu, misc islands for sale is beyond comprehension, making a fool of themselves... Germany's deficit is nothing to be proud about... soon they might ask for help.

Merkel was/is willing to sacrifice the value of Euro, so she can win the May 9 elections.... how irresponsible is that! Cracks in the EU union status (thanks to her) is fuel for the financial money lending institutions to degrade credit ratings & make millions in the process by jacking up the interest... she should leave these matters to the experts and stop "gaining" on Greece's misery.