Might this be the reason they have financial problems ?
Some Interesting Greek Facts?
Whilst going through the Greek books before the bailouts, European
monitors discovered the following amazing facts...
*Greece has the highest proportion of people retiring in their 50s in
the Eurozone.. This includes 600 hazardous workers including
Hairdressers (Peroxide touchers), Musicians (Horn or Trumpet players!),
Train Drivers and TV Presenters !
*Usual Greek pensions are 96% of their last salary... Germans receive
just 40%
*Greece has the highest numbers of people in the world with an
age of 110 or older! Deaths go undeclared so pensions are still being
paid to people who died over 60 years ago. Some families are drawing 4 or
5 pensions!
*Greek public employment is huge. It is not unusual to find 45 gardeners
for small state gardens and chauffeurs average around 50 per official
vehicle
*25% of Greeks do not pay any taxes on Private income
*Over 25% of employed Greeks are government employees
*Greece has four times the numbers of teachers than Finland with
Finland top of the education tables and Greek at the bottom.
Pensions: Greek ex teachers are also the best paid of the two
*Average wage for train workers is €66k and this includes cleaners.
Greek railways cost half a billion Euros to run per year.. Taxis per
person would be cheaper!
*Fictitious jobs with no purpose.. Example. They have an Institute for the conservation of the Kopias Lake which employs 1763 people. That is the same lake that was drained in 1930...
Over 300 of these public institutions have been created over the past
decade.
Some Interesting Greek Facts?
Whilst going through the Greek books before the bailouts, European
monitors discovered the following amazing facts...
*Greece has the highest proportion of people retiring in their 50s in
the Eurozone.. This includes 600 hazardous workers including
Hairdressers (Peroxide touchers), Musicians (Horn or Trumpet players!),
Train Drivers and TV Presenters !
*Usual Greek pensions are 96% of their last salary... Germans receive
just 40%
*Greece has the highest numbers of people in the world with an
age of 110 or older! Deaths go undeclared so pensions are still being
paid to people who died over 60 years ago. Some families are drawing 4 or
5 pensions!
*Greek public employment is huge. It is not unusual to find 45 gardeners
for small state gardens and chauffeurs average around 50 per official
vehicle
*25% of Greeks do not pay any taxes on Private income
*Over 25% of employed Greeks are government employees
*Greece has four times the numbers of teachers than Finland with
Finland top of the education tables and Greek at the bottom.
Pensions: Greek ex teachers are also the best paid of the two
*Average wage for train workers is €66k and this includes cleaners.
Greek railways cost half a billion Euros to run per year.. Taxis per
person would be cheaper!
*Fictitious jobs with no purpose.. Example. They have an Institute for the conservation of the Kopias Lake which employs 1763 people. That is the same lake that was drained in 1930...
Over 300 of these public institutions have been created over the past
decade.