Greece agrees €24bn austerity package

Quote from fullblotter:

further to your story is this mind boggling article below:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7113941.ece

They and other public sector workers are virtually unsackable, can retire as early as 45 and get bonuses for using a computer, speaking a foreign language and arriving at work on time.

Some of them get as many as four extra months’ salary a year, compared with the 14 months that are paid to other Greek workers. One of the most generous bonuses is paid to unmarried daughters of dead employees in state-controlled banks: they can inherit their parents’ pensions
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And unions had nothing to do with this, right?
 
The Greeks shouldn't be bailed out

They will never pay off their debts and if others keep catching them when they fall they will never learn to be self sufficient.

There should be a "fire sale" auction and enough assets sold off to pay for their extravegant living.

Tough but fair and a good lesson to the other corrupt and wasteful countries.
 
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