Little stories from IMF-run Greece: People in the northern Greek city of Veria re-connect disconnected electricity… and they explain why
On the 29th of September, a small group of people in the northern Greek city of Veria decided to take action and to reconnect the electricity supply in a number of houses that had been disconnected from the network. The electricity bills, it should be noted, are the government’s chosen medium of payment for the newest property tax; in a country with more than 80% home-ownership, thousands are expected to be unable to pay the tax (on top of their actual bill, of course) and to therefore face disconnection.
The group from Veria published the following text, explaining their action:
“At the present time, when citizens enjoy peace, order and security, where prudent laws and the welfare state are the rule, some citizens of Veria decided to commit a criminal act. They started reconnecting disconnected electricity supplies.
Responding to the charge-ahead of barbarity, they reconnect the electricity to families that could not afford to pay it. And electricity is a common good. This behaviour toward the citizens of our country is a criminal one; even if they led them to unemployment and impoverishment, they now convict them to a third-world-like everyday condition.
The ordinary citizens shall not bear the cost of the widespread looting by a handful of high-flying individuals, the sell-out of everything by political puppets. In this country, apart from the obligation to pay – over and over again – for thieves and crooks, we also have rights. And the most important of all is dignity.
The group reportedly opens up the electricity supply box, without the prior knowledge of its owner, re-connects the electricity and closes the box again, covering it with a sticker reading: “CITIZENS OF VERIA – Social Solidarity – We Reconnect the Electricity”.
Update:3/10/11 The troika continue to plan and action the rape of Greece and its people to save their private banks. Ireland, Portugal, Cyprus, Italy and Spain are quaking in their boots. Why do they not form a Freedom Union, separate from Europe, declare bankruptcy and a debt amnesty for their peoples daily essentials, homes etc. and commit to a mutual aid pact due to their common factors? Iceland should be part too. I am sure that the story of their rebound would then be legendary. Iceland's already is in my humble opinion. There is little doubt in my mind that continuing to allow the likes of the troika (the three headed hydra figurehead for private bankers) to hoist more un-payable debt on the people, is a road to terrible disaster, war and suffering.
Update:3/10/11 The troika continue to plan and action the rape of Greece and its people to save their private banks. Ireland, Portugal, Cyprus, Italy and Spain are quaking in their boots. Why do they not form a Freedom Union, separate from Europe, declare bankruptcy and a debt amnesty for their peoples daily essentials, homes etc. and commit to a mutual aid pact due to their common factors? Iceland should be part too. I am sure that the story of their rebound would then be legendary. Iceland's already is in my humble opinion. There is little doubt in my mind that continuing to allow the likes of the troika (the three headed hydra figurehead for private bankers) to hoist more un-payable debt on the people, is a road to terrible disaster, war and suffering.