• OrnluWolfjarl
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    4 days ago

    Mitsotakis got re-elected with a resounding majority a few years ago. The situation was much the same as it is now. It begs the question on who voted for him.

    Unemployment has decreased a lot, but only on paper. The Unemployment Office simply discounts most unemployed people as “non-employed”. Simply put, if you’ve been unemployed for a year, you no longer count as unemployed.

    The Greek government keeps praising itself for “economic growth”, but it’s growth that nobody sees, except for millionaires and billionaires.

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      The Unemployment Office simply discounts most unemployed people as “non-employed”. Simply put, if you’ve been unemployed for a year, you no longer count as unemployed.

      The US BLS does the same kind of ledgerdemain.