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In reply to the discussion: German Tax Collectors Are Volunteering For Duty In Greece [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)10. Oh those poor Greeks...
with a GDP barely twice Alabama's and no indigenous industry other than shipping and tourism.
The Greeks who lied for years and happily cooked the books until it all unraveled and they couldn't pay the bills they ran up.
Now they have to pay their way. Doctors and merchants having to actually pay taxes! Will the horror never end?
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Not showing a lot of sensitivity toward the Greeks by the Germans, considering
1monster
Feb 2012
#25
If this was about squeezing the money out of peasants you might actually have a point but its not.
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#29
I think people understand this but the peasants have been screwed in this whole deal while the
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#34
Hopefully the majority of greek citizens will realize that they are neither oppressors nor
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#37
If you want the same currency as Germany, and the same living standard as Germany,
Nye Bevan
Feb 2012
#38
Can they get the salaries the Germens get, how about the free college education?
fasttense
Feb 2012
#44
Some people think that the middle class in other EU countries should pay taxes for the Greeks?
Democat
Feb 2012
#42
As Democat said, why should it be the taxpayers in OTHER countries picking up the tab?
Nihil
Feb 2012
#58