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INTERVIEW WITH WISE LEADER HORST GRASSER
On the upcoming anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of Ostmark.
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By Heinrich Obenaus
Heinrich Obenaus: Good morning Volkskanzler Grasser.
Horst Grasser: Good morning Mr Obenaus, it is always a pleasure to meet you.
Heinrich Obenaus: So let's begin the interview by reminding our readers that the People's Republic of Ostmark is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of its foundation which will occur on the 12th of October. What are your feelings on this upcoming celebration?
Horst Grasser: The first anniversary is always a special one. There have been many changes in Ostmark during the past twelve months, and i will be very excited to celebrate them and attend all the events we have planned for this historic day. All the women and men of Ostmark should join the celebrations and strongly reaffirm loyalty and faith in the cause of National-Syndicalism and incommensurable positive changes it brought in the lives of the workers and all the citizens of the People's Republic of Ostmark.
Heinrich Obenaus: How do you judge your first year as People's Chancellor?
Horst Grasser: Indeed this has been a though year. When i first stepped into office i was facing a catastrophic situation. Our coffins were empty. Inflation was already out of control. Unemployment was over 30% and over one hundred thousands citizens were homeless and lacking the most fundamental needs such as food and medicines. We raced against time to help those people and i do not hide that we were scared. We were extremely worried and overburdened by help requests from all over the country. Me and the functionaries of the People's Government have spent countless nights and days to figure out solutions for the issues i've just mentioned. After 12 months and hundreds of hours in meetings, brainstorming sessions and parliamentary debates, i cannot hide the fact i have been exhausted. The strenght and pride of the Ostmarkian people provided me the necessary energy to tirelessly work and repair the damages caused by the capitalist tyrants who deprived our people of their dignity as human beings. To give a verdict to the past year i'd say that i have done everything in my power to help people in need and i will continue to do so as long as i will be alive.
Heinrich Obenaus: Is there something you regret, or would you have acted in a different way in certain situations?
Horst Grasser: It took us months to provide everyone with shelter and heat, aswell as organizing the rations of food, water and medicines to be distributed among the weakest layers of our society, such as the poor, the elders and the sick. I wish we could have brought help and rescue quicker and more efficiently. However, i do not regret any of the choices i have taken, and i would repeat them all over, confident in the good intentions of my actions and my genuine love for the people, who will always be the top priority of my government and the agenda of the National-Syndicalist People's Party. The People will always come first.
Heinrich Obenaus: What was the thoughest of all the issues you faced in the past year?
Horst Grasser: Homelessness was indeed the thoughest of all. As i said earlier, in October 2018 over one hundred thousands citizens were basically living by the streets. It was an unbearable situation exaccerbated by years of mismanagement of the national economy. Those people were already bearing the marks of the countless nights spent under the bridges or in the abandoned industrial plants in the western ourskirts of wien. We had to act and do it quickly, so we expropriated all empty apartments. The thoughest part was reaching homeless citizens and convince them of our good intentions. At some point we realized the numbers were higher than what we had initially expected. We have been sometimes forced to fit almost 10 people in three rooms apartments, but we had no other choice. That's why we decided to recruit formerly homeless citizens in the People's Labour Service and assign them to construction sites, where the residential areas are now standing as a testament to the united will of the Ostmarkian people. It took months before the last of the homeless, the last of the poor, received his apartment in the newly constructed flats, but we succeeded nonetheless, and this is all that really mattered to us.
Heinrich Obenaus: During the last year Ostmark has been criticized for its radical economic policies and, accoriding to foreign media outlets, for some of the measures adopted by your administration such as the confiscation of foreign economic assets.
Horst Grasser: True, but let me tell how it really is: none of the multinationals and firms that "suffered" the confiscations of their assets here in Ostmark, not even one of them, has filed for bankruptcy. In the meanwhile we were facing a social disaster and it was an extreme situation that required an extreme solution. We needed money nonetheless and we had no means to obtain it other than resorting to international lenders, something that has been tried before and brought our nation on the brink of collapse, or confiscate all assets in Ostmark at the time, and use that money to buy food and medicines to be redistributed among the population. Yes i am guilty for all the 'crimes' they blamed me for, but we stole from the rich and gave to the poor and if i could travel back in time, i would do it again.
Heinrich Obenaus: Have you ever considered giving up in the face of all the obstacles and difficulties you met since you have taken office?
Horst Grasser: No. Never. Not even for one moment. Giving up would mean betraying the working classes of Ostmark and it is simply not acceptable. Giving up would pave the way for the return of the liberal hyenas who are still eager to feast and prey on the lives of the women and men of Ostmark, and i will never allow this to happen. The Days of Sorrow are slowly fading away like a distant memory and it shall stay so. However, we must never forget them in order to make sure they will never happen again. Future generations of Ostmarkians will have the sacred duty of carrying forward the torch of the National-Syndicalist revolution and defend what we have achieved by dint of national pride and courage. The People's Republic of Ostmark will shine in the darkness of today's world as a beacon of hope for all the oppressed workers of Europe. If the people will close ranks under the banners of the National-Syndicalist People's Party, we will survive all the challenges of history..
Heinrich Obenaus: Thank your time Volkskanzler Grasser. Glory to the People's Republic of Ostmark.
Horst Grasser: It's been a pleasure Mr Obenaus.