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Greece has a new government. One that has no connection with either the thieves that caused the problem in the first place nor the incompetent idiots that didn'
by tomp 11y ago
Greece has a new government. One that has no connection with either the thieves that caused the problem in the first place nor the incompetent idiots that didn't solve it in the last 5 years.
- tedunangst 11y agoWikipedia tells me the Greek constitution dates to 1975. Is that wrong?
- peterfirefly 11y agoA constitution under which it is illegal to fire state workers unless by law!
- fwn 11y agoUnless by law? Well, at least that one isn't a problem for a government.
- peterfirefly 11y agoYes it is. Laws require debate and public voting in Parliament which exposes many/all members of the governing coalition to lots of bad press, which is /so/ unfair since all they really wanted was to get reelected and, honest, they didn't want to be a bother to anyone.
- fwn 11y agoYou can make it a general law with a different focus and then you alter it with a court. This is a non issue in contemporary democratic procedures.
- mike_hearn 11y agoWha?! Their new government has doubled down on the bad policies that led Greece to this state. It absolutely DOES have a strong connection to the people who caused the problem - they were put in power because the Greeks turned their back on the previous government that was at least trying to go along with the required reforms.
- tomp 11y agoWell, I guess that depends on your perspective of the reforms... IMO, the required reforms, and austerity in grneral, were all wrong (as in, unrealistic and economically unsound).