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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Greece has been like that for decades, exactly what you listed, taxes and all without any issues - affording it without problem... the issues "ONLY" started "AFTER" politicians started spending them to death, then taking from the public funds, and so on... again, exactly what is happening here.
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Greece would have self destructed years ago if they hadn't conned the EU...
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It can be directly compared to America, we are taking away the peoples benefits all over, already invested, and lost trillions 1/3 of the wealth poof... basically shifted the money away, bankrupting the system on budgets they blew out.... "exactly like greece".. the money went to bankers, the cronyism is off the chart... what happened to them, is "exactly" what the extreme right are pushing to happen here, it's what has been happening for 30 years or so.
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It can't be compared to the US. Corruption isn't the norm at every level of society in the US, tax collectors don't put checks strait their own pockets in the US, etc. Forbes ran a test using google maps to find pools in Athen's suburbs, out of the 17,000 pools only 324 had been declared on tax returns...this isn't just about a government, it's about scamming in every corner of greek life.
I often agree with you, here you are being completely dogmatic.