Tired to Debt: Greece burning the bill

International debt inspectors are having trouble visiting key ministries in Greece - because angry workers are occupying them in their latest anti-austerity protest. The delegation are in Athens to decide whether Greece is fit enough for another portion of bailout - the government's last chance to evade a collapse later this month. The decision was suspended earlier, over doubts that the country is doing enough to reduce its enormous debt. Leaders have pushed through pension cuts and extra taxes to try and please their creditors, but the public remains convinced that the relentless austerity policy is only making things worse. RT's Sara Firth reports from Athens.
Also, RT talks to Pawel Swidlicki, who is a researcher and analyst with the Open Europe organization
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[ctguitarguy]

Worldwide, Fuck the bankers, no lube.

[TheGreek117]

@svedishbiker Idiot, they protest about the fact that although Greeks on average work more than any other European, their salaries are continuously being shrunk, just to pay off the fees of the loans. Nice suggestion, keep being slaves to serve the banks, that's the only way out.

[andrelebaron]

@NYredwhiteandblue "scools dont teah you how to think anymore"  lol.

[andrelebaron]

just repo the homes of all the government "workers" since they stole the money. and then cancel their pensions. It's fair and the example would make all governments more accountable.

[Insabanua]

@ctguitarguy In Greece it wasn't only because of banks, it was because of the welfare. The government were sending checks to dead people...

[shadowzach00]

if they are desprate enough they can barrow from the us lol

[GovernMentalFreedom]

Is Greece going to prostitute and sale their soul again? Or are they going to be of service to their neighbors instead of the govern mental system?

Either direction is not an easy task but one is much less enslaving than the other.

[ilovethe80snole]

@AntiAmericanHater Poor Greeks. The EUSSR is a total disaster run by clueless and unelected bureaucrats. They should devalue the currency to help the Greeks out, but certain countries opinion on what should be done count more than others.