Posted on 09/13/2011 6:32:27 AM PDT by dynachrome
ATHENS, Greece - Union opposition to the Greek government's austerity program intensified Monday as tax collectors went on strike, and power workers vowed to sabotage a new emergency property tax aimed at plugging a budget gap spotted by international creditors.
Tax and customs workers walked off the job for two days to protest cuts in their bonus pay while the power company union said it would "not allow the company to be used as a tax-collecting mechanism" for the property levy, which will be included on household electricity bills and is expected, together with fresh public sector cuts, to reap €2 billion ($2.7 billion) this year.
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Down you go, Greeks. Bring back the vaunted Drachma.
Can you say “Deutsche Mark” ?
Isn’t tax collecting the only jobs growth sector in Greece?
But then, isn’t tax avoidance a fulltime hobby for the population?
It seems that “strike” is the solution to everything in Greece, no matter what the problem. This brings a new dimension to the old question, “What’s a Grecian urn?”
“tax avoidance a fulltime hobby”
Yup. That’s why the gov’t is trying a property tax increase. Harder to hide a house than an under the table paycheck.
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