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Greek Government Abruptly Shuts Down State Broadcaster

Posted by Soulskill on from the going-dark dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Greek government shut down broadcasting of all TV and radio channels operated by the state-owned broadcaster ERT at midnight local time, with police ejecting journalists and other employees occupying the building. The above link is a prominent Greek economics professor's (and Valve's in-house economist) analysis of the political motivations for the move."

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  1. Re:Full story at, err, 11? by mcgrew · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't know why you were modded "troll" but I'd have modded "overrated" because the comment is completely inaccurate. The poor pay few or no income taxes, but a very high percentage of their meager income on gasoline taxes, tobacco taxes, alcohol taxes, and other federal excise taxes. The middle class is taxed at twice the rate of someone whose income is from gambling on the stock market. Plus, the more you earn the more loopholes you have.

    This is why they're despised. You think it was the poor and middle class who destroyed the economy?

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