[D66] Greek poverty so bad families 'can no longer afford to bury their dead'

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/18/greece-protests-general-strike-austerity?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038

Greek poverty so bad families 'can no longer afford to bury their dead'

Second general strike in less than a month takes place amid latest round 
of draconian measures

Vanna Mendaleni is a middle aged Greek woman who until now has not had 
vehement feelings about the crisis that has engulfed her country. But 
that changed when the softly spoken undertaker, closing her family-run 
funeral parlour, joined thousands of protesters on Thursday in a mass 
outpouring of fury over austerity policies that have plunged ever 
growing numbers of Greeks into poverty and fear.

"After three years of non-stop taxes and wage cuts it's got to the point 
where nothing has been left standing," she said drawing on a cigarette. 
"It's so bad families can no longer afford to even bury their dead. 
Bodies lie unclaimed at public hospitals so that the local municipality 
can bury them."

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