[Peace-discuss] Obama: Respect Anti-Mass Unemployment Will of Greek Electorate

[Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss]

We just put this out:

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Subject: Obama: Respect Anti-Mass Unemployment Will of Greek Electorate
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Dear Robert,
 Tell President Obama:
Respect the Will of the Greek Electorate Sign the Petition
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 *Syriza’s victory in Greece’s elections marks a historic turning point*
for countries attempting to emerge from sluggish economic growth and high
unemployment. [1] Syriza has promised to enact alternatives to austerity
policies European authorities have imposed on Greece, which have left
Greece with extremely high unemployment similar to the U.S. Great
Depression, currently at 25.5%, with youth unemployment at 49.6%. [2] The
IMF projects Greek unemployment will still be at nearly 16% in 2018, and
almost all of their projections since 2010 have been over-optimistic.

U.S. officials will have significant influence on European leaders as they
formulate their response to the election, both directly and indirectly
through U.S. leadership of the IMF. *Urge U.S. officials to press European
leaders to respect and compromise with the anti-austerity will of the Greek
electorate by signing our petition at MoveOn:*

*http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/Obama-respect-Greek-election
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Greek voters have rejected prolonged mass unemployment and elected a
government with a mandate to negotiate a better deal. A government willing
to stand up to the European authorities can help Europe move away from
economic policies that have been a miserable failure.

Syriza has vowed to enact a stimulus, including through boosting public
investment; to seek renegotiation of Greece’s debt; to clamp down on tax
evasion; and to take advantage of the new quantitative easing program
announced by the European Central Bank last week. The party has opposed
plans to cut salaries and pensions of public employees even further. [3.]
The amounts of money needed to guarantee a robust Greek recovery are
extremely small for the European authorities, especially given the size of
the ECB’s announced 60 billion euro per month QE. [4.]



*Urge U.S. officials to press European leaders to respect the
anti-austerity will of the Greek electorate by signing and sharing our
petition: **
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/Obama-respect-Greek-election*
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Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman and Megan Iorio
Just Foreign Policy

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References:
1. “Syriza Victory in Greece Could Be a ‘Historic Turning Point’ for
Eurozone Economic Policy, CEPR Co-Director Says,” Center for Economic and
Policy Research, January 25, 2015,
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/syriza-victory-in-greece-could-be-a-historic-turning-point-for-eurozone-economic-policy-cepr-co-director-says
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2. “The Greek Economy: Which Way Forward?” Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick and
Stephan Lefebvre, Center for Economic and Policy Research, January 2015,
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/the-greek-economy-which-way-forward
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3. “End austerity before fear kills Greek democracy,” Alexis Tsipras,
Financial Times, January 20, 2015,
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/da236d24-9ff9-11e4-9a74-00144feab7de.html
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4. “The Greek Economy: Which Way Forward?” Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick and
Stephan Lefebvre, Center for Economic and Policy Research, January 2015,
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/the-greek-economy-which-way-forward
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