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While being miserable they are better of than let's say Slovaks who paid 660 mil Euro to bail out Greece. Think about it, they are not really living in poverty,
by dandare 12y ago
While being miserable they are better of than let's say Slovaks who paid 660 mil Euro to bail out Greece. Think about it, they are not really living in poverty, they just lost the luxury standard they were used to.
- guelo 12y agoGreece's GDP per capita has dropped below Slovenia's.
- repsilat 12y agoSlovaks are from Slovakia. (Greece also has a lower GDP/PPP per capita than Slovakia, though Greece's GDP is much higher in nominal terms.)
- StavrosK 12y agoIf by "luxury standard" you mean "being able to afford rent and have youth unemployment be less than 50%", then I agree.
- gaius 12y agoOh come on, have you been to Athens? Everyone drives a Porsche and wears a Rolex, but all the buildings are unfinished, because if they were they'd be taxed. Greece is a poor country weirdly full of rich people.
- StavrosK 12y agoEveryone? Really? Because half of my friends are unemployed, and every single one has a university degree. And who starts building and then doesn't finish it because they don't want it to be taxed?
- jongraehl 12y agoThat's how it is in Mexico, too. They leave some unfinished faux-second-story attached to their building and never pay full property tax on the value of property-with-one-completed-story. Re: "who starts ..." why don't you search before you post?
- StavrosK 12y agoOh, is Mexico actually a rich country too, then?