Strange Socialism
What's going on in Greece is captured perfectly in this Morland cartoon from The Times.
Syriza, the big winner in the Greek general election, says that the European Union (EU) should forgive the mountain of debt that Greece has built up over recent years and that, going forward, the new Syriza-led Government will ruthlessly pursue all the wealthy tax avoiders who got Greece into this mess in the first place.
In which case why should the taxpayers in other EU member states pick up the bill for Greek's profligacy and failure to collect enough in taxes from its own citizens to keep essential public services running?
And although Syriza claims to be a left-wing party it's a strange kind of socialism that believes the citizens of other friendly countries should become responsible for your own debts.
