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Associated Press By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Associated Press - Mon, Jan 9, 2012 ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek disability groups expressed anger Monday at a government decision to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs. The National Confederation of Disabled People called the action "incomprehensible," and said pedophiles are now awarded a higher government disability pay than some people who have received organ transplants. The Labor Ministry said categories added to the expanded list -- that also includes pyromaniacs, compulsive gamblers, fetishists and sadomasochists -- were included for purposes of medical assessment and used as a gauge for allocating financial assistance. But NCDP leader Yiannis Vardakastanis, who is blind, warned the new list could create new difficulties for disabled Greeks who are already facing benefit cuts due to the country's financial crisis. The ministry should have a different policy on disability," Vardakastanis told the Associated Press. "The list contains major changes to disability quotients, which could effectively remove many people from access to benefits." The new list gives pyromaniacs and pedophiles disability pay up to 35 percent, compared to 80 percent for heart transplant recipients. "It's really not serious to grant Peeping Toms a 20-30 percent disability rate, and 10 percent to diabetics, who have insulin shots four or five times a day," said Vardakastanis. Greece has been fighting to avoid bankruptcy since 2009. Public spending on health and welfare programs has been sharply cut under austerity measures imposed as a condition for receiving emergency loans from the International Monetary Fund and other countries using the euro currency. Independently run welfare programs that survived on state grants have been the hardest hit, leaving some disabled groups, including the deaf, facing sudden drops in their standard of care. The government is also battling widespread abuse in the welfare system, forcing tens of thousands of disabled people to be reassessed.
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Odysseas Athanasiadis o 1 day 11 hrs ago Being a Greek myself (19 years old), I can tell you that there is a public outrage right now on this issue. People (including the myself) are protesting, but we don't get the medias attention since ''nothing is as important as the economy, austerity measures etc''. In school, we learned about many things that Greek figures achieved over the years and it really saddens me the situation that I observe.
Michael G o 1 day 13 hrs ago Oh, so that's why they're in deep financial doo-doo! The Greek government rewards illegal/disgusting behavior and wonder why the country is going ot hell down a greased pole?
Austin, Texas o 1 day 12 hrs ago So if Im sadomasochistic to children and set them on fire with stolen gasoline and lotto tickets while nude will I get paid 6 times?
Germantown, Maryland o 1 day 12 hrs ago You're broke and begging for handouts and you give free money to child molesters? I am going to go out on a limb and suggest maybe you should re-examine your priorities.
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