tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2460954650803805367..comments2024-03-29T07:29:53.513-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Big Brother's looking for trouble in GreecePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2463765431064657592015-12-03T15:45:12.167-06:002015-12-03T15:45:12.167-06:00Anon, what came before? Do people cheat because th...Anon, what came before? Do people cheat because the government turns on them or does the government turn on them because they cheat?<br /><br />Cheating on taxes... Define. And add some Mediterranean salt on that. Does that mean trying to skim on VAT for a fridge or does that mean taking on unemployment benefits while having a job?<br /><br />IF 90% of Greeks are seriously cheating on their taxes that makes it _this_ short of legitimate.<br /><br />Take careshugyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437800091500543886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-77689424753249851442015-12-03T13:54:06.849-06:002015-12-03T13:54:06.849-06:00Given the % of Greeks who cheat on their taxes (va...Given the % of Greeks who cheat on their taxes (variously estimated between 40% and 90% that I can find), this seems long overdue...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-78842198399882599532015-12-03T03:06:04.900-06:002015-12-03T03:06:04.900-06:00I _think_ this kind of accumulation of cash is als...I _think_ this kind of accumulation of cash is also illegal in Spain. It basically enters the game if you're caught for other reasons (blood crimes, major tax evasion...). I don't know where the limit's at, though, sorry. I can ask, if you're really curious.<br /><br />IF the system's similar, it could well be a) an imposition from some kind of treaty in the EU and...<br /><br />b) There's a bunch of laws (at least in Spain; I have similar hunches from the whole EU Mediterranean) that are, by and large, ignored in plain view, daily. Until you step beyond a certain point (by and large, points that are also big crimes in the States; have to admit that sometimes someone goes off). Then you'll have "So and so many years for drug traffic, So and so for drug stashes, So many for crimes against public health, So many for illegal guns..." and then you reach "so many for undeclared profits. So many for undeclared cash in premises...". They're also felonies that, on their own, carry a mark but no jail time. On their own. When the whole book falls on you, things go from some years to decades.<br /><br />Mind you, it still has more holes than Emmental cheese, but...<br /><br />Take care.shugyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437800091500543886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20672573998403711032015-12-03T00:07:59.695-06:002015-12-03T00:07:59.695-06:00And then every year, tax a percentage of your savi...And then every year, tax a percentage of your savings, retirement, etc, until every cent has been confiscated. What a great idea. Not!Jacquejethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566737254976084503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-3873480904153790962015-12-02T21:25:03.843-06:002015-12-02T21:25:03.843-06:00In Missouri you have to pay taxes on your personal...In Missouri you have to pay taxes on your personal property every year. Your vehicles, licensed or not, tractors, farm equipment, aircraft, rvs, trailers, every head of livestock, every bushel of grain, any boats or watercraft, motorcycles and go-carts. It's quite the list. They send you a form every year to fill out. If you lie or don't pay they send men with rifles to take your stuff and sell it to someone who will pay taxes on it.<br /><br />Cue the Lee Greenwood and sing it with me now "....and I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71508717473364797902015-12-02T19:30:33.681-06:002015-12-02T19:30:33.681-06:00Step 1 to out and out confiscation of wealth by th...Step 1 to out and out confiscation of wealth by the authorities.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13952011248471595912015-12-02T18:13:40.936-06:002015-12-02T18:13:40.936-06:00Remember what happened in Spain when they went off...Remember what happened in Spain when they went off the peso? Over a billion dollars were 'converted' out of mattresses and 'other' locations...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55674254394691289612015-12-02T17:01:31.019-06:002015-12-02T17:01:31.019-06:00I can't imagine much compliance with this. I w...I can't imagine much compliance with this. I wonder, would you get taxed on these items each and every year you own them? If so, it wouldn't take long for the taxes to surpass the amount of purchase.<br /><br />Trying that over here would likely get the IRS disbanded. Either through government action or through a more violent citizen action.kamas716https://westfargomusings.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com