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‘We Won’t Pay’ – Greece’s Middle Class Revolt

“We Won’t Pay” – Greece’s Middle Class Revolt. Small business owners in Greece have long been the backbone of the economy and reliable taxpayers in a country where tax evasion is rampant. That, though, is now changing. Self-employed workers like Angelos Belitsakos have had enough of rising taxes and have begun to revolt. Greece was the birthplace of democracy. Time for a deju-vu moment?

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KimmyQueen says:

October 5, 2011 at 10:58 am

This is what all of us need to do. Every single person that knows the value of a dollar and how hard it is to get it. Strength in numbers is the way to go, now before it is too late.
PsychoDad says:

September 24, 2011 at 11:30 am

Selfish bastards who think they have a right to the money they earn, where'd they ever get a crazy notion like that? Must be one of those radical Ouzo Party raaaaaaaaaacists.