'We Are Greedy and Asocial'

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How can someone who has declared an annual income of €25,000 ($32,400) transfer €52 million abroad? What kind of supplementary income must an individual have who, according to his tax returns, earned €5,588 in 2010, yet still managed to move €19.8 million abroad? And how can it be that a Greek citizen sequesters €9.7 million abroad although he supposedly earned exactly zero euros?

These are the questions that tax fraud investigators will have to ask of a number of individuals whose identity has so far only been made public in the form of initials. For instance, a "G. D." stands at the top of a list with the names of 54,000 Greek citizens who relocated major assets abroad between 2009 and 2011. The list stems from the Greek central bank and is now in the hands of the Finance Ministry.

It is the longest of four lists that are currently circulating in Athens. Each contains the names of people whose financial circumstances -- bank balances and real estate holdings -- do not correspond at all with what they claimed on their tax returns. But hardly anything is being done about it. The Greek reality is sometimes paradoxical: While the governing coalition was busy squabbling with international creditors over how many hundreds of euros can still be trimmed from teachers' and nurses' paychecks, and Athens continued slashing employee pensions, wealthy Greeks moved billions abroad with relative impunity.

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As I always said: It was not the social benefits that crashed Greece, it was that nobody paid taxes and got away with it.

[smurf0852]

As I always said: It was not the social benefits that crashed Greece, it was that nobody paid taxes and got away with it.

of course it is its the same europe wide they blame the poor getting £50 a week or some immigrant that faces death in his own country or the working poor whos pay is 50% tax credits. then get all these poor people to blame each other to deflect from the fact they are evading paying there share of taxes and in effect robbing the country while they suck all the money away to some off shore bank account .greed is the greatest evil we face in the world today and if it doesnt stop we are going to see public disorder like we have never seen before.

Edited October 16, 2012 by smurf0852

[+and-then]

of course it is its the same europe wide they blame the poor getting £50 a week or some immigrant that faces death in his own country or the working poor whos pay is 50% tax credits. then get all these poor people to blame each other to deflect from the fact they are evading paying there share of taxes and in effect robbing the country while they suck all the money away to some off shore bank account .greed is the greatest evil we face in the world today and if it doesnt stop we are going to see public disorder like we have never seen before.

And the wealthy will be insulated from such violence. The poor will be worse off and the government will use it as an excuse to clamp down on the rights of everyone - brilliant. Not aimed at you Smurf0852 - just making a point about reality. If the government doesn't protect the wealthy they'll hire someone who will and with a lot less concern about civil rights.

[little_dreamer]

I thought it was harder to have secret money in a Switzerland bank account now.

[smurf0852]

[/b]And the wealthy will be insulated from such violence. The poor will be worse off and the government will use it as an excuse to clamp down on the rights of everyone - brilliant. Not aimed at you Smurf0852 - just making a point about reality. If the government doesn't protect the wealthy they'll hire someone who will and with a lot less concern about civil rights.

Trust me it isn't what I want either I want a caring society where everyone does there bit gets rewarded for what they do and pays there fair share. However people are getting greedier at the same rate other people are getting poorer and I fear that if we don't address this something bad will happen.

[Eldorado]

of course it is its the same europe wide they blame the poor getting £50 a week or some immigrant that faces death in his own country or the working poor whos pay is 50% tax credits. then get all these poor people to blame each other to deflect from the fact they are evading paying there share of taxes and in effect robbing the country while they suck all the money away to some off shore bank account .greed is the greatest evil we face in the world today and if it doesnt stop we are going to see public disorder like we have never seen before.

A week after the Prime Minister announced more cuts to sickness & disability benefits....

"UK MPs could see their pay soar by 40 per cent to almost £92,000 under proposals floated by the parliamentary watchdog."

http://www.dailymail...0.html?ITO=1490

Edited October 16, 2012 by Eldorado

[Ashotep]

Its the rich mans game to hide his assets so to give as little as possible.

Its the people that receive social benefits are the problem. Keep telling us that all you multi millionaires.