A twisted system

Just how well public health and education work in Greece is confirmed by data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority and the Center for Liberal Studies, which found that in 2017, 7.3 percent of Greek households' monthly spending went on health services, or 102.44 euros per month on average, and that collectively, beyond the taxes they pay, Greek households also spent 1.5 billion euros on primary and secondary education last year.

We don't need to imagine the effects of this absence of decent services from the state sector on average Greeks, who use public transportation to get about their business, who daily have to conduct transactions with the civil service, who go to public doctors and hospitals for treatment and who send their children to state schools.

We know exactly what the consequences are because we experience them ourselves. We are witness to a system...