The theme of ALPHA’s “Autopsy,” show on Wednesday with host Anthony Schrotter was how to survive on 50 euros of food for one or two weeks. The idea was to see if Greek MPs had a concept of how a a typical Greek family lives and struggles to make ends meet in thiseconomic crisis. The news show kicks follows two housewives who are set to do their supermarket shopping for the next two weeks. Their budget: Only 50 euros.
They introduce themselves and speak about how the economic recession has affected their day to day lives and the sacrifices that they make by depriving their children of basicnecessities. The first housewife is a maid with an income of 360 euros a month and expenses that go beyond this (rent, utility costs, upkeep of the family, food, etc.), the second housewife is unemployed and married to a temporary public servant who is also suffering cutbacks. When asked how they make ends meet, unfortunately the two women brake down and admit that they receive aid from soup kitchens, from family and friends, and sometimes they even skip payments in order to make ends meet. Continue reading