成千上万的政府雇员上街抗议该法案。这是希腊的茶党版本：收税者的公立学校老师，他们没有真正教过破产的州铁路的高薪员工，他们的火车从未按时运行，州医院的工人贿赂了高价的用品。
(Thousands upon thousands of government employees take to the streets to protest the bill. Here is Greece's version of the Tea Party: tax collectors on the take, public-school teachers who don't really teach, well-paid employees of bankrupt state railroads whose trains never run on time, state hospital workers bribed to buy overpriced supplies.)