A Greek opinion piece attacks the gap between the government's economic cheerleading and what households actually feel. The writer calls it provocative that a stream of 'experts' keeps repeating the official line about an economic 'takeoff' and rising living standards. For most people, in his view, life is moving from difficult to even more difficult. The article's title speaks of a Mitsotakis 'menu' with less meat and olive oil, a jab at what people can afford to put on the table. The author places the present hardship in a longer sequence of crises. Eight years of memoranda imposed after the state bankruptcy gutted household purchasing power. Two four-year terms under Kyriakos Mitsotakis followed and, in the writer's account, only increased the pressure. The piece reads the government's upbeat messaging as out of touch with the reality most Greeks live.