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Journalist Arrested In Greece For Publishing List of Possible Tax-Evaders
kyriacos writes "The Greek government is charging journalist Kostas Vaxevanis with violation of the data privacy law for publishing a list of about 2,000 Greeks who hold accounts with the HSBC bank in Switzerland. While more and more austerity measures are being taken against the people of Greece, there is still no investigation of tax evasion for the people on this list by the government. The list has been in the possession of the Greek government since 2010."
It means that the Greek government can't print the smart ones poorer. Quadruple the currency and you've reduced the worth of the paper you're holding by 75%. The US dollar is a fine example of this they have however diluted it over such a long time it was not as noticeable.
"Fiat currencies always trend down."
http://budwood.hubpages.com/hub/US-Dollar-Purchasing-Power
Gold, while not a good investment is a hedge against such inflation.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/survivalbros/5160598974/
I'd go on a Vegan diet but the delivery time from Vega is too long. --brownkitty
You are not shocking me, I am aware of this, it's similar to Sweden in the way they discriminate against people. This is completely lawlessness, discriminating on the level of the judicial system out in the open, not applying the law equally. Thus my question still remains, if any of you, those who are either working outside of the legal structure or left the country because of this collectivist nonsense are reading /., you can post something as AC. It's not a fact that anybody like that is reading or that they will see this comment, but hey, I am just curious.
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I'm going to ignore the fact that you are completely retarded and instead point out how you are WRONG.
Technically, you see, this kind of fine is actually more "equal" than the faggotry you got over there in the states.
If Anders and Lars pay as the same amount in tax then they pay the same fine. If Anders is richer than Lars then he pays a larger fine.
This makes complete sense.
By comparison, having a static fine means that while everyone pays the same amount in cash, that amount becomes a smaller percentage of the total taxeable income of a rich individual compared to a poor individual. In short; The poor pay more in such a system.