Wrong people at the wrong place at the wrong time

12:16 15/7/2011 - Πηγή: Astrology.gr

Politiciansby Capricorner The country is in a perilous position. Why? Because its horrendous debt is unmanageable. Who created this mountain of a debt? Not the Church of Greece. The Politicians did. The politicians who have created the debt and everything that is wrong in this country, are the people charged with the task of coping with it, reducing the deficits which increase indebtedness and create the means with which

Greece will scale down its debt load and still pay the interest due. Default on its debt is not an option so the country must, with the help of its EU partners and indeed those in the Eurozone, take all the necessary measures to reverse the tide. To add insult to injury the politicians are doing what, in their mind, is the right thing to do, which in fact is the wrong thing to do. The Government is a captive of its past and functions with what is in the interest of “its own”, the opposition is opposed to much, not all of the Government’s handling of the problem and both are out of touch with the mood of the country. What is clear is the inability of the Government to think “nationally” and do what is in the interest of the country. It needs money, so instead of looking at where the money goes and begin cutting back unnecessary expenditures and indeed the irresponsible and wasteful practices of many Public entities, it taxes the old age pensioners and every group of citizens with no way to protest. At a time of a deep recession instead of cutting back expenses it imposes taxes upon taxes, takes money out of the Economy, because that is easy. To abolish unproductive expenditures is not. It is bound by its socialist principles and restrained by pressure from the syndicates and so it can not abolish the Railways organization, at least its insanely costly passenger services, given the tiny number of people using them, to thus save a few hundred millions. It can not abolish the Public Radio and TV  network (what does it offer that the five private networks and the great number of local stations do not?) so it can not save more than three hundred million. It can not withdraw the financial support to Municipalities which fund money loosing businesses, even Radio and TV stations. It can not abolish Public Organizations who offer little, or nothing the country can not do without. It can not abolish the funding of the Political Parties, the Opposition does not mind that. It can not let go a quarter million redundant Public employees, no problem that a quarter million employees of the Private sector are already unemployed. If does decide to reduce employment in the Public sector this is not done the way it is done in the private sector, the privileged Public employees get a privileged severance pay. Two sets of standards. Social expenditures, if carefully scrutinized, can yield savings of about one Billion, but this is not an option for the politicians. Sale of Public Assets is a must. Can the Government act rationally? No. It has the syndic