Patchwork Retirement Plan Adds to Greece's Debt Woes (retire at 50)

New York Times ^ | 3/12/2010 | LANDON THOMAS Jr.

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ATHENS — Vasia Veremi may be only 28, but as a hairdresser in Athens, she is keenly aware that, under a current law that treats her job as hazardous to her health, she has the right to retire with a full pension at age 50.

“I use a hundred different chemicals every day — dyes, ammonia, you name it,” she said. “You think there’s no risk in that?”

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My absolute favorite "The law includes some predictably dangerous jobs like coal mining and bomb disposal. But it also covers positions like radio and television presenters who are thought to be at risk from the bacteria on their microphones and musicians playing wind instruments who must contend with gastric reflux as they puff and blow."

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“I use a hundred different chemicals every day — dyes, ammonia, you name it,” she said. “You think there’s no risk in that?”

She must also be in marketing. One has to wonder what the customers would think of that statement.

[FormerACLUmember]

The US democrat party is composed entirely of these very same loathesome parasites on society.

[Chode]

FULL pension paid by, WHO... the taxpayers???

[mainsail that]

Actually by bond holders and largely Germany that gave Greece some $9 billion last year. After 30 years in EU Greece is still the largest net receiver of EU funds! While the party lasted it was a paradise, now the $450 billion needs to paid

[Chode]

sooner or later, socialists always run out of other peoples money...