Is it diesel or lpg for you?
Bwaahaha..
Nah.. seriously.. i was glad to have work to do today, because it was pretty boring in truth.
It's not funny man!!! It's a critical choice for us in Greece! Our all-knowing government (and the EU along with it) are at the brink of completely banning commuting!!!
How, huh? What?
I like to think I'm usually informed about European politics (EU uber alles! jk.), but what is this about? How can anyone "ban" commuting? Or are they cutting commuting subsidies?
Care to explain? (I have friends in Greece I could ask, but I'm too lazy to write
)
It's 1.63 per liter of gasoline here, or $8.44 per gallon of it! Do you need more explanation?
It's 1.3 here and you can't even go and compare the income of the average Greek with that of a Romanian.
And still people are driving like nuts all day.
Yeah... I'd probably be wise to avoid this discussion, it's a hornet's nest.
But when I read alexeft's comment "Greek government/EU is
banning commuting" I already had a hunch they're not doing anything like it. I'm going to guess they're cutting funding for commuting subsidies, which, I'm sure, will make life of the average Greek even harder than it already is, but it's hardly the same as "banning".
However, this way of phrasing things (subsidies being cut <--> "they're banning our freedom") is one of those things I see a bit too often coming from a subset of Greeks :/ Please note: a *subset*. I know plenty Greek people that take a different stance -- they're not exactly happy with their government or the EU, but they're by and large aware that the budget situation of Greece hardly allows for much spending right now.
Anyway.... flames incoming in 3 ... 2 ... 1
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