In a country like ours, people regard taxes as a nuisance, even a plague -- but not yet as destruction as in my ancestor John Marshall's famous phrase. Taxes are destruction in Amerika, but people have yet to recognize it. Whether they ever will (even as taxes, open borders and whatnot hasten Amerika's demise) remains to be seen.
In Greece all hell's breaking loose, and people there have fewer blinders on.
http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=178363&Disp=0
SYRIZA Sellout Triggers Internal Party Revolt
They're even starting to call fees and other little government gouges what they really are -- taxes, cannibalistic taxes from hell!
Greece is in a tough position. Because of the world's passion for sports cultism, Greece bit the bait to host the 2004 Olympics. This involved building a monumentally expensive facility. The festival lasted 16 days, but the buildings are forever -- and were put up for just this one very fleeting purpose.
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-08-02/how-the-2004-olympics-triggered-greeces-decline
How the 2004 Olympics Triggered Greece's Decline
Maybe somewhere a few quadrillion light years from here there's a planet where people want and do what actually works instead of lurching from one raging, irrational passion to another like us earthlings. There I would imagine they do whatever it takes to maintain real social, financial, moral stability first, and develop entertainments only after making sure the crucially important things are in place.
Greece is where "democracy" started, even before the idea caught on in Rome. It would be a lovely thing if that noble country were to live to tell its tale past this century despite the lies and betrayals of its filthy rotten evil politicians.
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