Balancing the imbalances --- Greek style

The current Greek government is trying to convince themselves and sundry that they can pull the country out of its present rut by boosting income by around 30%... or simply hoodwink themselves and sundry into believing so.

They forgot to cut public spending.
Or, maybe, they consider cost-costing has already reached down to the bone and political cronies will be endangered?

For example, those 60.000 still drawing a pension despite their departure for greener pastures...
Or the 25.500 "cashiers" on public payroll...
Or the "extraordinary" stipend awarded civil servants not qualifying for an "ordinary" stipend...
Or, how about the Euro: 230.000 parachute offered to ex workers of the Piraeus port authority to shut up?

But what do you expect from a country routinely run by amazingly inefficient people lacking any professional seniority...

This woman is minister of "Economy, Competitiveness and Merchant Marine".
In more worldly terms, "minister of bullshit".
Before pledging to make ministerial noises, she used to be a teacher.

The best thing about her is the usually open mouth, a result of a somewhat stretched face lifting.

This woman and our friend George Papa, the Finance Minister (who speaks English and French and Greek, which is more than his boss can do), together, will perform the miracles.
By comparison, France has one person to do the job, C Lagarde. Lagarde, reportedly, not only knows how to read and write, she has also worked before in her life!
Wow! How can the French do it and Greeks can't do it? What do the French got, Greeks don't got???


Despite the usual maxims about "getting the politicians you deserve", I still think Greeks deserve better...