Greece Heads for Close Election

In a recent article by New York Times, Greece was heading for a close election because they were shocked by devastating forest fires and are fed up with Greece’s main parties. Christina Bakou, stated, “Once they get elected, politicians don't care about the people, they only care about themselves". In a recent poll taken more than 10 percent of Greek voters were undecided about which party they would back up. “These people, disillusioned by the two parties that have ruled Greece for over 30 years, will probably decide the election”, states analysts. Greek per capita GDP is the lowest next to Portugal's and 20 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Although down to 7.7 percent in May, unemployment remains one of the euro zone's highest, despite 4.4 percent GDP growth in the first half of the year. Once again poverty and social class inequality have affected another country.

This article not only talks about poverty but this election is creating inequality in social classes. For instance, the two parties that have been ruling Greece for over 30 years will probably run the vote, which means that the under classes will have no say so in who wins. I don’t agree with this policy because I’m sure that the upper class is going to choose one that benefits them the most and the ones who don’t matter will only get worse care, wages, and living conditions. People don’t think about anybody else but themselves when it comes to topics like these. Since researching poverty and global stratification, I have been amazed to see how countries around us are suffering from poverty and inequalities, but in a more severe way than we could ever think of being. I really feel sorry for people that don’t have freedom and I can see why so many immigrants are trying to better themselves by coming to America and we are just pushing them away. I think that we don’t necessary try to be mean but people are just ignorant to these types of issues and don’t see how bad it is over in other countries.


http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-greece-election.html