tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post5046055881004655977..comments2023-05-03T14:31:11.785+01:00Comments on DEMOCRACY STREET: "the horror" - how corruption workssibaddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-70123204918972351842011-01-30T22:24:32.230+00:002011-01-30T22:24:32.230+00:00This may be a naive thought on my behalf but here ...This may be a naive thought on my behalf but here goes...<br /><br />Having grown up in Greece and lived here all my life, I have come up against various forms of corruption. I also hate it, and find it horrifying. Even in the dlightest cases there is this terrible feeling that you can do nothing about it as the system will "punish" you afterwards. There is a mafia-like feeling to the way the system works. Regarding the "rousfeti" for votes situation, I have always wondered, "how do they know that you will vote for them?" I have even asked those purporting to be in the know, and the answer was "They know"!<br />To stop corruption. How? Our MPs get paid so highly and are entitled to such glorious pensions and benefits after only 4 years in office that becoming an MP is not a matter of offering a service to the public, but rather a service to their pocket. Almost all of the MPs of the last 30 years have been involved in some scandal or another. Now that they have the TROIKA over their heads, checking their every move, they are afraid that they cannot continue as they did, yet they lack the political will to make the change. And the reason is that everyone under them will have to change too. It is like a very badly trained drill parade. If one turns they all must, but they just don't know how...<br />And of course to change them all for others? Impossible. I had an idea but i doubt it could be made to work. Everyone in the government who wants to keep his position and try for a better Greece, should have to pay a fine, in order to redeem themselves. Then Greece would be better off financially too...Peter Papageorgiouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06525615013062607635noreply@blogger.com