| fatslob-:O said: If there's no proof that "many" are getting away with it then that's the end of it ... There's also a big difference between "money laundering" and "tax avoidance". "Tax evasion" is the equivalent to money laundering but most businesses do the latter by sending their profits to "tax shelters" and that is perfectly legal in theory ... Sounds exactly like what a freeloader would say ... If they truly thought that why wouldn't businesses just pay those high wage jobs minimum wages instead ? Of their total income! Greece has experienced GDP growth from 1994 to 2007 for consecutively 13 years so the excuse of tax avoidance doesn't apply ... Their taxation system is the LAST thing I would accuse. There's many other issues that takes precedence over that such as government spending budgets, continous trade deficits, and misrepresentation of their debt ... Maybe Greece ought to be paying back that debt instead of keeping up their living standards ... Despite increasing their tax to GDP ratio, Greece ended up being an unmitigated mess ... |
The's plenty of proof right in front of you, do you know how financial cases are handled for a start? Originally anyone involve was tried like any other criminal now days the crime is passed on as a company effort which at worse ends in a fine that has no significant impact on the company. This change in the law made around a decade ago essentially aloows them to bend and break rules with out people going to jail, why do you think banks were involve in all kinds of dodgy activties for the past 15 years, no one is going to jail even if they're caught. HSBC getting fine means someone didn't go to jail.
The second part of your post makes little sense at all in what you're trying to say and has offered no counter argument either, companies pay according to the role and not the person, unions and such exist for when people feel they're not getting what the role should get, this happened with voice actors a while back. Many businesses also do pay low for highly skilled jobs in fact high wage jobs are very limited.
Greece's growth was from borrowed money you are aware that Greece utilized financial products to cover up the true amounts they were borrowing and that bankers kept these records hidden? The failure of collecting taxes exposed flaws in the economic structure as the treasury became redudant and the country became reliant on borrowing, they had a high standard of living which was beyond their means which is why when the recession hit their debt shot up and the trade deficit became a bigger problem when they entered the Euro (which itself had flaws) because of this mismanagement, they also had a young retirement age as well with generous pensions and welfare so that 18% you're touting is smoke and mirrors as that income was adding to debt, the tax problems in Greece are well known as it's part of the corruption problem they have as often the taxes end up in someone else's bank account and not the treasury.
