In a sentence, because the bailouts are funding an oppressive political regime. The bailouts allow the country to be run...
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The latest story dominating the Greek media is something called a Lagarde list. The fact that the list is getting...
The Greek government is not prepared to compromise on this (more…)
First they cut the pensions of all pensioners regardless of the size of their pension (for example even pensioners drawing...
The Greek government have announced their plan to reduce the tax-free limit that is in place based on the number...
Stefan Molyneux on his YouTube channel stefbot and on his website Freedomain Radio does warn us. As soon as someone...
America's fiscal union (more…)
A business man in Greece was highlighting how the actual tax rate on 20,000Euros earnings will be around 79% if...
Athens News had a piece titled "Rein in the Troika", it was a prime example of the usual ignorant socialist...
There is talk about a complete private sector strike tomorrow in Greece as a protest at further tax increases. But...
Athens News is reporting a mini revolution on a small Greek island where the islanders of Hydra trapped the police...
The current government in Greece has pledged not to cut the government workforce, proposed liberalizations of protected industries such as...
In a word choice. Giving people a simple choice will cut the social security budget massively. (more…)
Obama and Hollande in France get easy points by saying they will tax the rich. (more…)
Let me say from the off that I think Peter Schiff rocks but when it comes to austerity in Europe...
This article outlines how the UK can eliminate the value reduction tax called VAT. VAT can be cut completely with...
Value Added Tax (United Kingdom) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Taxation in the United Kingdom This article is part of...
Crippled by debt, propped up by European powers, handicapped by an ineffective administration: uncompromising diagnoses of Greece’s ills are not...
"I .... think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in...
If there was party that had these political beliefs, would you vote for them? (more…)
Granted, I get a lot of my information second-hand but Syriza, the alternative communist party in Greece is getting airtime...
The big target for the Greek government has been to reduce the primary budget deficit (ie for the government to...
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Syriza as usual has defined the Greek crisis perfectly in an interview with Reuters. "It's...
Countries with the lowest taxes in the world – Government revenue as a percentage of GDP (Wikipedia)
This article lists countries by total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. Three sources are used, one...
The money system of most countries of the world is based on the central banking business model. The business model...
I forget the website now, but it was basically a page of funny photos with a funny comment to go...
This is the article in Yahoo! - It put a completely new perspective on fuel taxes, bravo, Yahoo! Highlights (more…)
The NHS has been more expensive than private healthcare for a while. But today is the first day I saw...
Bailouts say banks can borrow as much money as they want, if the government can't pay the loans back directly...
I had the pleasure of speaking to a lady working in Greece today and she was explaining the new taxes...
Athens News carried this article today This is the highlight (more…)
EU Carbon Tax. Getting straight down to business. (more…)
Assuming Germany and the EU decide not to "bail out" Greek bank depositors. What does that say about the last...
Ekathimerini did a nice little write-up on what is in the package demanded by the Troika. I'll got through it...
Ekathimerini carried an article today outlining the proposed increases in property tax and the negative effects this will have on...
It is constantly pumped out by the media worldwide that Greece has a problem with tax evasion. I put it...
All these politicians have room in a Ron Paul administration. On one condition. (more…)
Barack Obama reminds me a lot of Papandreou in Greece. (more…)
In case anyone was under the impression that just because Romney was allegedly successful in business that must mean he is for...
Mitt Romney was Governor Governor of Massachusetts from 2002-2007, a time of unprecedented prosperity. Romney constantly puts himself forward as a...
While whatching something completely different I stumbled on this interesting group. A group of protesters arrested a judge at hearing. The judge...
Mitt Romney was the governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. Here are some key facts about his time as governor, did he...
Whether you agree with it or not the Financial Transaction Tax boils down to one thing. An unlected government (the...
You would think the government would realise that Greeks don't like taxes and they don't want to pay taxes so...
So Papademos has been in power for around a month and the Greek propaganda machine has come and said there...
If there was any doubt that increasing taxes reduces government tax revenues the Greek economic crisis proves it. Despite massive increases in taxes over the...
Tax evasion as a "problem" in Greece is a fiction put forward by successive Greek governments. The purpose of creating...
As if Greeks needed more evidence that they were living under a tyrannical government, the Greek government has decided it...
Wikipedia defines tyrant as Plato and Aristotle define a tyrant as, "one who rules without law, looks to his own advantage...
In an unprecedented step by a western government, the police have arrested the leader of one of Greece's main trade unions, something...
Okay, this is not a new thing, it has been going on as far back as anyone can remember but...
The 19th of October 2011 will witness the almost complete shut down of the Greek economy. 2 main themes dominate...
If you are an American, do you want to pay an extra 9% for everything you buy? If you're a...
In the continuing efforts of the Greek government to tighten control over the spending of private citizens a new tax...
The primary reason why Greece has its current problems is the monopoly of power in Athens. 95% of all taxes...
Let us summarise what socialism stands for. Looking after the less fortunate in society with money from the more fortunate...
So the Greek parliament has passed the law which allows the public owned power company to collect an "emergency property...
Forget about the bail outs, forget about Greece's next tranche of bail out cash from the Troika. Even if the...
1. VAT Increases The less you earn the greater proportion of your earning you spend every month. The less you...
An article in Ekathimerini today is typical of the type of government propaganda that is wide spread in the Greek...
More and more it is being said in the international media that the economic problems in Greece stem from the...