Browsing the news today early in the morning before going to work, i came across the following article (in Greek).
The short story is that the Greek parliament has a debt of 34,000,000 € coming from the phone calls that its 300 members have made since the year 2000. This means that each member of the parliament since that year has cost to the Greek citizen 10,000 € / year, and that is only for their excesses on telephone calls (let alone the other privileges they benefit). This amount is said to be paid under an arrangement with the Greek Telecom (OTE) in ten installments.
Eating my cereal, I couldn’t help comparing the Greek public servant to the Swedish one, along with the accompanied reactions. In Sweden, ministers resign (or are forced to resign) for taxation frauds (read here) or not paying their annual television fee (that’s obligatory, read here). Furthermore, they are strongly criticized for paying their cleaner cash-in-hand (read here) or for taking advantage of their position in any aspect even when it comes to transportation (read here).
I really keep wondering who is making fun of whom in Greece, and I can only repeat what i said the day after the recent Greek elections, “People get the administration they deserve“, and this applies to all 300 members of the Greek parliament. To some large extend they are reflecting how the Greek society functions today…
Posted by Cωνσtantίnoς 
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