Orwellian Unemployment Figures.

The latest ploy that the bankers, who call themselves politicians, who are running Greece into the ground, are doing, is almost straight from Orwell's 1984.

The headline of:' Athens Views ' on Friday 13th December 2013 was the following gem.

" The First Hint Of Recovery "

A truly hilarious headline I admit.

Under this sick joke the report boastfully states that the Greek government says it has beaten its budget targets and is on track to achieve a modest primary surplus. which could pave the way for more debt relief.

How many times are we going to hear about this magical primary surplus ?

The writer of this piece obviously saw through this rubbish, and knowing that a picture says a thousand words placed a 1000 word picture under the garbage,showing a very depressed looking man leaving an unemployment office in Thessalonici, Greece. He did look like all was lost.

Under the photo we are told that Greece's unemployment rate inched up again in September, reaching 27.4 % of the workforce, compared to 27.3% in August.

If anyone believes only 27.4% of the workforce are unemployed they must be looking forward to seeing Santa climbing down their chimney, or for the homeless to see him riding through the sky on Christmas Eve.


A very high percentage of Greeks work without paper, off the radar, so they wouldn't be registered for a start. I truly dread to think what the true figures are.

But the real Orwell bit is in an article in the same paper. The headline :

" Road Project Restart As Jobless Rise "

It's a classic, a corker; Orwell could have written it himself..

Beat this : " An increase in unemployment has slowed, but the jobless numbers continue to creep up ".

So the bottom line is  unemployment is still increasing. This , of course can't be said, because in the world of lies truth is an  unwelcome guest.

It;s like saying ," An increase in suicides has slowed, but suicides continue to creep up "., which really means people are still killing themselves.

Notice the word " creep" which means  to crawl, move timidly or slowly.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the exact opposite is true and that unemployment is soaring off the page.