Social Security reveals the Greek Government's incompetence and the Opposition's shallow populism

19.03.2008 - Liberal Alliance press release

On occasion of the general strike of the 19 March, Liberal Alliance (Greek Liberals) considers New Democracy's Government's, so-called, 'reform' to be nothing more than a half-baked feeble attempt.
The proposed Social Security Law neither deals with the problems at the core of the current system, nor will heal the pathology that will lead Social Security in Greece, towards insolvency.
Maintaining a Soviet type Social Security system perpetuates the suffocating handling of the State on any new, however merged, Pension Funds, and guarantees the continuing of the circle of their mismanagement and unaccountability.

At the same time Liberal Alliance condemns the Opposition parties as agents of blind reaction without the will or the ability to articulate a productive, positive vision and submit serious and viable counter- proposals for the Social Security.
A review of the other Political Parties proposals reveals that their proposals are nothing more than generalizing, and populist wishful thinking
This is the best proof that the current political establishment that has been for years focused on power sharing and not coming up with policies that will solve the citizens' problems.

As part of the public debate on Social Security, Liberal Alliance has submitted to the Greek Parliament and to the Greek Society, its proposals for this important issue, and will keep on propagating those as the changes currently contemplated by the Government, will not solve any of the grave Social Security problems.

Liberal Alliance will continue even after the parliamentary vote on this Law, to promote within the Greek Society its proposals for a capital-generating component within a composite
Social Security system.
This is a proposal that stems from examples from around the world and forms the basis for the reforms throughout Europe. It becomes increasingly apparent, that no other way can prove efficient and viable for the foreseeable future.