Tax evasion in Greece threatened to take organised form on Thursday when café and restaurant owners refused to pay a 10-point VAT rise, as a deep recession clashes with the government’s increasingly desperate search for revenue. The US is not the only government that views small business as their beast of burden. Of course, cutting spending is out of the question – what would the pols use to buy votes with?
This post was last modified on September 1, 2011
