While the
UK mainstream media fills its pages and TV time with squabbles over
David Cameron's EU veto, we should not lose sight of what the “Euro
crisis” means on the ground. The conditions in Greece for the
ordinary people are appalling, what is happening there is nothing
short of crime against humanity. The criminals in this case are the
financial gurus of the bond markets with complete complicity of
European national governments. The Greek people are being ground into
the dust by “austerity” cut after “austerity” cut, increase
taxes, pension cuts and thousands being added to the unemployment
army on a daily basis. Ill health, suicides, drug addiction and
alcoholism are all on the increase, these are the constant companions
of poverty. In the new Greece to be pregnant is now a nightmare
unless you belong to that well-heeled group in the upper echelons of
the income bracket. Read how it is to be pregnant in modern Greece.
Of course we should not be under any illusions that we are somehow guaranteed immunity from the Greek treatment, it could and probably will come your way, in the not too distant future. That's capitalism for you.
Sounds just like the hospitals here in the U$A. Giving birth costs you a pretty large medical bill. When I had lockjaw two years ago my parents received a $500 (not sure what that is in pounds) bill from the shitty hospital I received treatment at. Terrible.
ReplyDeleteI can never understand why people complain about the UK National Health Service, which is free when needed. Eight years ago I was diagnosed with Bowel cancer and every day for six weeks I went for chemotherapy and radiotherapy and then into hospital for the operation. Hours before the operation I took pains in my chest, the operation was cancelled. A week later I was in for a quadruple bye-pass, given eight weeks to recover from that and then back in for the cancer operation. If I had to face the cost of all that I could not have gone through with all the treatment. The only civilised system is treatment free at the time of need. Surely we can afford to treat or citizens without making a profit from their illness.
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