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69. I think several newspapers have written about these things

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 06:18 AM

Jul 2015

I just googled some keywords

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/10/26/tax-evasion-plan-no-receipt-no-pay/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-10/getting-rich-greeks-to-pay-taxes-is-tsipras-biggest-test-at-home
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/world/europe/02evasion.html

Now that I think of it though, the house pool thing shows how the system needs reform. It's a pretty stupid policy to assess property tax by asking people to admit they own a pool. The ones who actually stated they have a pool might be considered dumbasses by others since pretty much everyone was being dishonest. Greece needs to do like here, county assesses property tax and if you think it's wrong, you protest it officially. Greece would also have to make sure though that their officials aren't bribed to lower property tax. I think that's another big problem culturally.

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Virtually none of those fascism indicators geek tragedy Jul 2015 #2

It Really Does Pay To Read The Whole Thing WillyT Jul 2015 #4

Sounds not like fascism but rather the author geek tragedy Jul 2015 #6

It is precisely Fascism. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #21

It's a lot more mundane. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #24

Yeah... But It Used To Be... That You Didn't Make A Loan, To One That Couldn't Handle The Loan WillyT Jul 2015 #29

Plenty of blame to go around. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #45

Greece was destroyed by multi-national financial institutions. Sadly some want to blame the rhett o rick Jul 2015 #56

Exactly !!! WillyT Jul 2015 #57

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Bingo. n/t Aerows Jul 2015 #54

+1000!! jen63 Jul 2015 #65

But many, many of them are present here in the US. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #17

It not only can happen here, it will happen here Warpy Jul 2015 #5

They'll be happy to suck our blood if we let them Hydra Jul 2015 #7

I'm back where I was before the crash Warpy Jul 2015 #8

*laughs* I'm back where I was before the crash too Hydra Jul 2015 #9

I know it will happen again and probably fairly soon Warpy Jul 2015 #10

Just Disaster Capitalism washing up hifiguy Jul 2015 #12

Precisely. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #19

Greece is the model they will follow. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #18

Right. We need Bernie now to raise and collect taxes on those who have the incomes to pay JDPriestly Jul 2015 #20

Bernie is not enough. salib Jul 2015 #59

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Today, yes Warpy Jul 2015 #67

Keep preaching it, Willy! hifiguy Jul 2015 #11

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You Are Quite Welcome !!! WillyT Jul 2015 #27

Okay I get that the problems in Greece affect us all, but... Kalidurga Jul 2015 #30

I Have No Idea What That Means... WillyT Jul 2015 #31

Oh okay Kalidurga Jul 2015 #34

That was meant as a joke, I think. Your list of signs of Fascism mirrors the Republican JDPriestly Jul 2015 #35

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I do not think these economists donna123 Jul 2015 #37

links to support your claims, please? magical thyme Jul 2015 #42

I read receipts in Greece are the exception not the norm donna123 Jul 2015 #48

I don't know that is true. Again, a link to something supporting the claims, please? nt magical thyme Jul 2015 #66

I think several newspapers have written about these things donna123 Jul 2015 #69

iow, it's the 1%ers; same as *our* 1%ers. magical thyme Jul 2015 #71

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Kick and recommend. nt. polly7 Jul 2015 #49

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