Liberalism in the United States

John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech was a call for commitment and responsibility: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." It doesn't matter whether "your country" is a nation-state or a colony or a dependency: "Country" means people living together with as much agreement and sense of common interest as possible.

About 30 percent of all insured employees in Greece are working - or are declared to work - part-time for an average monthly salary of just 396.11 euros, according to data collected by the Unified Social Security Fund (EFKA).

The Labor Ministry is about to introduce a ceiling on the monthly amount of pensions, to apply retroactively, in order to plug the loophole in the Katrougalos law that allowed for some very large pensions, which in certain cases exceeded 20,000 euros a month.

With over 11 per cent higher first quarter earnings than a year ago, reported by the National Social Security Institute. January-March costs are only 2.6 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2018. 99 per cent of the costs for the period are for pensions and social benefits. Over BGN 2.7 billion have been paid for them.

The National Social Security Institute declares that Bulgaria's average insured income in April 2019 is BGN 991.12. This was announced by the Institute's press center.

The average monthly insurance income for the country for the period from 01.05.2018 to 30.04.2019 is BGN 920.83.

New Democracy is planning to bolster Greece's middle class, which has borne the brunt of the fiscal adjustment, through a package of measures that will need to secure the approval of the creditors if the conservative party wins next month's general elections as predicted.

More than 36,000 applications had been submitted for the Labor Ministry's new debt settlement scheme by Friday morning, less than 10 days after the platform for submissions was launched.
The applications come from non-salaried workers who owe money to their healthcare and pension providers and are seeking to settle those debts in up to 120 installments.

The second biggest wave of payments by the Labor Ministry and the Welfare Benefits and Social Solidarity Organization (OPEKA) is completed on Friday, just two days before the polls open, so that millions of citizens arrive at the polling station with their pockets full of cash.

Auxiliary social security contributions are due for a reduction as of June 1, from 3.5 percent for employees and 3.5 percent for employers to 3.25 percent for both, according to the 2016 legislation known as the Katrougalos law.

The administration of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) permits the indirect reduction of the age of retirement for thousands of workers by two years, according to a document it issued.