Businessmen, of course, make many complaints against socialism. But, as a result of our experience since 1981, there are two complaints that I believe. First, it is important for business to have the right to hire and fire workers, Businessmen say if they don't have this right, workers are not concerned about performing and productivity goes down as a result. This complaint obviously conflicts with the socialist notion of secure employment and is a delicate matter of policy. But I also must accept that there is something to the businessmen's concern.
Businessmen also complain that reinvested profits be tax free.
I must give credence to this argument because our other policies have failed to produce new investors. But we've had very few takers. We are interested in profits. The issue is profit, and it is an 'issue of the Greek economy's survival. Workers understand that.