Treason

20:15 1/7/2011 - Πηγή: Astrology.gr

Synonyms: Backstabbing, Business, Disloyalty, Double cross, Faithlessness, Falseness, Falsity, Infidelity, Perfidy, Sellout, Treachery, Betrayal, Two timing, Unfaithfulness.by Capricorner  Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary. An Encyclopedia Britannica Company. Question: Do any of the above words apply

to the deeds of both “current” and former Prime Ministers, Karamanlis and Papandreou ? Karamanlis had won an election promising to “re-found” the Greek State. Did he? NO. Instead he carried on in the typical Greek political “business as usual” fashion. He won a second election promising to improve Governance and the Economy. Did he? NO. Instead he did nothing beneficial for the country, which is the implicit duty of a Prime Minister, on the contrary.Papandreou won an election promising the party would go on. Did it? NO. Instead he offered the country painful austerity. Were both Karamanlis and Papandreou knowingly promising what they had no intention to do, or, were they, inadvertently, promising what they were not able to do? If knowingly, does any of the above synonyms to treason describe their action? If unwittingly, does the word moron describe them? Why did Karamanlis carry on “business as usual” when he inherited a National debt about equal the size of the Greek Economy? Did anyone put a gun on his head demanding he increases the National debt by an additional 50% to its present un-manageable level?Papandreou knew full well what the debt was. Why did he refrain from taking any action to save the country until the situation closed in on him, by which time it was too late?Do the words: betrayal of trust : describe their attitude towards the country? The trade Unions have become part of the political system. Their influence on the Economy … detrimental, to say the least.  To materialize their demands they go to extremes that damage the economy, witness the blackouts from the strikes of the Public Electricity Enterprise Union which bring damage to thousands of businesses, offices and homes and antagonize the citizens. The stance of the Unions is always confrontational, witness the strikes from the transportation Unions which denied, in the Holliday season of last December, the retail trade of the city center the opportunity to stem, with the help of the Holliday sales, some of the losses of the previous months, by making access to the city center difficult.In the peak of the Tourist season the Seamen Union has gone on strike, twice so far, preventing passengers to board  ships, or passengers from cruise ships to disembark and new passengers to embark, obliging cruise lines to take Greece out of their schedule, tourists to become negatively disposed and the World to be advised that Greece is a bad destination. Exactly what the shrinking Greek economy needs. Why could not Greece have its Unions out of the political system and have them respect the people? Why have they both allowed them immunity from the legal repercussions of their excesses? Unions