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[kurupetos]

Somebody must tell those fools that Communism has failed and collapsed 20 years ago...

[humanist]

It wasn't real communism ........... what has failed was a wtered down, corrupt version. True communism looks after all it's people.

[GreekIslandGirl]

Cyprus is doing OK under "communism"

[supporttheunderdog]

Is it?

[GreekIslandGirl]

Better than most European countries. Considering it has an almost insurmountable problem with the Turkish occupation - I would say its welfare, schools, hospitals etc are in tip top condition!

Do you have a grievance, EOKA freedom-fighter-hating foreigner?

[boomerang]

it seems obvious to me anyway, greece will be staying in the euro, with strict monitoring from the EU...

but the inability of the parties to form a coalition starving the commies and golden dawn from votes by outlining a greece vision for the future, is pushing the everyday person into the arms of commies and golden dawn...it has come down to austerity vs no austerity platforms and both no vision for the future...

it looks like another inability of greeks governing themselves...

[kurupetos]

This guy is hilarious...

[supporttheunderdog]

Better than most European countries. Considering it has an almost insurmountable problem with the Turkish occupation - I would say its welfare, schools, hospitals etc are in tip top condition!

Do you have a grievance, EOKA freedom-fighter-hating foreigner?

Better than most is not the same as doing OK, and We could probabaly be doing better but for our sweet but thick president, Chris Toffee Arse, but rather than ask me (and where I suspect you will be at best dismissive if not abusive about any answer I may give) ask the average Cypriot in the street and see what they say.

I suspect you will get comments about rising unemployement, ( except among government workers/workers in state enterprises) rising prices, eg electricity, up as much as 33%, partly due to Mari, rising taxes, when they are paid on time reducing wages, ( except of course for government workers/workers in state enterprises), cuts in welfare benefits, lack of universal free health care for many (with the main exception of government workers) , poor pensions (except for government workers/workers in state enterprises) etc. at least these are the items, which I understand are reported in the press,
Some academics suggest Mari (which was an avoidable disaster down to Government incompetance) made a 2.4% dent in our GDP.

However as I say don't ask me, ask Cypriots.