"Greece is like California"

Thomas Vasiliou
  • Name : Thomas Vasiliou
  • Occupation : Athens municipality gardener
  • Age: 25

I work for the Athens city hall, and I have always gotten paid on time. But now we are worried about if we'll get paid at the end of the month. I can't save any money, there are too many bills to pay, so I have no savings.

But I'm very lucky, because I have work. In Greece, if you have work, you are lucky. Not very many people my age have jobs.

I want to stay in the euro, the question in the referendum wasn't "yes" or "no" to the eurozone. It was a question about more austerity.

I don't want to go back to drachma, it wouldn't be good. If we did it five or six years ago, it would have worked, but now, it wouldn't.

Greece is like California, they also had problems. We should be treated like that. European countries should help each other.

First published July 10, 2015: 4:36 AM ET

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