The following are some of the items included in the election manifesto of the left-wing alliance that is set to lead the next government in Greece, Syriza. All look rather sensible to me but, I suppose, in a world based on parasitical capitalists insatiable greed and need for profit, always and every facilitiated by craven mainstream political parties, these are the most revolutionary of measures and pose a monstrous threat to the political and economic stability of recent years in Europe, a Europe which has witnessed the impoverishment of millions of ordinary women, children and men through the ruling class-inspired agenda we know as austerity. SYRIZA’S PROMISES The party aims to end austerity by: ■ Giving free electricity to Greeks whose supplies have been cut off; ■ Providing food stamps to children; ■ Giving health care to the uninsured; ■ Providing a roof for the homeless; ■ Raising the minimum wage to €750 a month from under €500; ■ Introducing a moratorium on private debt repayments to banks above 30% of disposable income. In addition, Syriza says it will call for Greece’s “unsustainable” €320bn euro debt load to be drastically reduced and interest repayments cut. It wants an international conference to be held on the issue in an echo of the treatment given Germany after the second world war. It also wants to abolish the economic privileges enjoyed by the Greek Orthodox church and shipping industry, reduce military spending, raise taxes on big companies and set a 75% tax on incomes over €500,000.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:36:26 +0000
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