[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;50599253]I love how Greeks just feel like the entire world owes them something.[/QUOTE]
Goes back to the ottoman rule of Greece in the 1800's, they started to tax dodge as a protest against the empire, which the local goverment sorta went along with since they had no love for the ottomans either. This all eventually turned into the modern culture of "i want all the things from the goverment but taxes are for other people", and a sense of entitlement in general really
Which leads to stuff like [URL="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/finding-swimming-pools-with-google-earth-greek-government-hauls-in-billions-in-back-taxes-a-709703.html"]this[/URL]
[QUOTE] Tracking Down Swimming Pools
His staff have become very creative when it comes to tracking down tax offenders: They use police helicopters to fly over Athens' affluent suburbs and make films of homes owned by doctors, lawyers and businesspeople. They use satellite pictures by Google Earth to locate country villas, swimming pools and properties. And these tactics have revealed that the suburbs didn't have 324 swimming pools, as was reported, but rather 16,974.
Tax fraud investigators spent a number of weeks on nightclub parking lots in Athens and noted down the registration numbers of luxury sedans. Their investigation revealed that approximately 6,000 car owners have vehicles worth €100,000, but only reported to the tax authorities that they have an annual income of €10,000.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;50601232]Goes back to the ottoman rule of Greece in the 1800's, they started to tax dodge as a protest against the empire, which the local goverment sorta went along with since they had no love for the ottomans either. This all eventually turned into the modern culture of "i want all the things from the goverment but taxes are for other people", and a sense of entitlement in general really
Which leads to stuff like [URL="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/finding-swimming-pools-with-google-earth-greek-government-hauls-in-billions-in-back-taxes-a-709703.html"]this[/URL][/QUOTE]
Jesus christ.
Get your shit together, Greece.
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;50601327]Jesus christ.
Get your shit together, Greece.[/QUOTE]
On the other hand, they are pretty much responsible for almost all of Western culture.
[QUOTE=Broguts;50601565]On the other hand, they are pretty much responsible for almost all of Western culture.[/QUOTE]
Just because someone has done amazing things in the past, that doesn't change who they are now.
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i will never be able to explain why this is funny to me
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;50601477][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54123195/nb-giuhTNQ3g3PZuf1VSA4U4kDqC-B_w7ZG07I4mYAY.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Is that the guy from Cow Chop?
[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;50601891]Is that the guy from Cow Chop?[/QUOTE]
You bet your bottom dollar
[url=http://i.imgur.com/UE0cMkl.webm]Game Of Thrones season finale spoilers[/url]
[QUOTE=.Vel;50602462]lod glold
[video=youtube;iBVtU_w-lSk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBVtU_w-lSk[/video][/QUOTE]
the best part is the casings are tiny peeled bananas
