Common people have common problems and troubles. They care about the boring stuff of the kind like paying taxes, heating homes, feeding families, getting a tiny Christmas present for the kids. On the other hand, politicians dangle in other atmospheric levels. Former Greek prime minister George Papandreou recently hailed the government t of Uruguay for legalizing the use of marihuana.
The Greek PM who delivered Greece to the claws of the IMF without negotiation in 2010, uploaded an article about the legalization of marijuana on his website, describing the approach of Uruguay’s government as “innovative”.
George Papandreou had already tried to legalize the use of marijuana in Greece, while he was Prime Minister of the debt-ridden country from October 2009 until November 2011. But the debt reality was quicker than the noble cause…