Exit Polls Suggest Syriza Has Won Greek Election

[Sava]

but good god damn, i'd like to stick my sausage in her love taco (both the prez and the fake pic lady)

[Hauldren Collider]

The corruption is from the regulatory agencies, you moron. Getting rid of them gets rid of the source of the corruption. The regulations they enforce are not useful, and evading them is the only way to profitably do business, requiring bribery.

[Sava]

The corruption is from the regulatory agencies, you moron.

"well jim, we have regulatory agencies. but often times, they are run by the same people who are being regulated"

I really hope you are doing this for effect.

[Hauldren Collider]

No, they're not. They're run by the government. You must be pretty stupid to be unable to grasp the idea that the government itself is capable of vastly more perverted acts of corruption than the private sector.

[Hauldren Collider]

"Hey, if we dump people into that huge tank of water, they eventually get tired of swimming and drown"

"I know, let's drop them in the middle of the desert, there's no water to drown in there."

I am not advocating eliminating all regulation. But by all means continue to play dumb.

[Sava]

They are capable of the same perverted acts. With government, you have (some) accountability. Private sector? None... unless it is internal. Which, btw, prompts the biggest LOL I can muster, mister. Maybe you should examine the revolving door between the private and public sector. I understand why you might not be aware of such a thing since your political studies probably stopped at a 100 level gen ed course as a freshman

[FlameFlash]

Sava is... making sense...

[Sava]

well... yeah

I have a wide range of experience in politics. I went to school for this. I'd received previous management training and experience. Outside of Guy's wife, I'm perhaps the most successful (unofficial) entrepreneur here. With my skill set, I'm qualified to work at a VP level. However, I lack the requisite experience to be considered for such positions. My mom is high up at one of the largest clinical laboratory companies in the world. I have decades worth of time spent with her discussing these topics with her. I help HER write HER resume. She might be a CEO some day. I socialize with VP's, CFO's, the mayor of the city of chicago.

I have a mental illness. It holds me back.

If weed ever become legal recreationally (or a more permissive medical program is started) in Illinois. I will make a substantial amount of money very quickly.

I mean, you can listen to me or dismiss me. I don't care. I'm not the one who is losing out.

[FlameFlash]

Sounds like you and I are actually in the same boat in that regard. The training is there but nowhere wants to touch me with a 10 foot cattle prod... I sit on a little Masters in Public Administration and can't land anything in that field because I have no experience.

[Sava]

I've considered a "shotgun approach" of sorts... randomly emailing a hilariously direct resume to recruiters... or perhaps direct to certain companies even. Reach the right person? Who knows? I've got enough people who'd certainly offer a glowing recommendation

Most likely, I'd need to do some serious networking beforehand, I suspect. It helps to know people.

regardless of what happens, i'm probably going to always be limited by my issues

At the very least, I've been able to enjoy myself.

I don't know if you guys realize... but this **** has been fucking me up since i was around 5

it is a miracle i am not dead

[C0ckney]

That argument doesn't wash because Greece still has the most closed and corrupt economy in the EU. There are tons and tons of carve out and special set asides for politically connected groups. For instance, the national electric power company has a state sanctioned monopoly on coal mining in the country despite the fact that there are several other potential mines in the country it is illegal for any other company to own or operate a coal mine. There are tons and tons of these state sanctioned legally granted monopolies (the state owned metals mining company owns several legal monopolies to mine, refine, or produce several types of metals and it is illegal for any company to compete with them, same with the state railway, the State port system, etc...). The corruption and red tape is legendary with everyone wanting a government a government job where they basically just drink coffee and read the newspaper all day then get a full pension and retire at age 55. You can't fire someone so companies never hire anyone unless there is absolutely no way to avoid it. It takes 2 years to get a telephone line installed and a year to open a bank account for a new business.

They have been promising to change this stuff for the better part of a decade but they still haven't done a single thing. They won't either because they know if they just sit there saying no long enough then the Germans will just give them more money anyway.

you know when i said the "various 'greeks are lazy, greeks are wasteful' myths that we see time and again" that wasn't a request to you to repost those self-same myths. it seems that you, in common with most americans, and in fact most people (though in this thread the americans are the worst offenders), are extremely poorly informed about what is happening in greece. i am sick of correcting idiots who can't be bothered to learn some basic facts on these issues, so instead of a long rebuttal of your absurd post i will simply post the following graphs:





(average retirement age - greece is EL)

[Uncle Sparky]

Good for the Greeks. Most of their wines are way too sweet for me. I'm pleased they're switching to Syriza. I like red wine.

[Colon™]

While I agree the whole Greeks are lazy thing is silly, the hours worked figures are rather misleading. They're just total working hours divided by total employees, without taking part-time work in consideration. Part-time employment is far more prevalent in Germany than in Greece.

[self biased]

i am sick of correcting idiots who can't be bothered to learn some basic facts on these issues,

own goal. this is Apolyton, where the facts are made up and the points don't matter.

[Imran Siddiqui]

From HC's ridiculously stupid article:

My answer was that you’re less likely to seek a bribe if you can make an honest profit instead: Capitalism is the only real cure for corruption.

Yep, because it was capitalism that ended the mafia in the US.