Greece is a poor country with rich citizens

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Today the Greek Ministry of Finance once again announced that it will assign the collection of taxes which exceed the sum of 150,000 euros from private companies and law firms. According to the decision of the Minister Evangelos Venizelos these companies are obliged to find any kind of property of debtors in Greece and abroad in order to meet their obligations to the state. 

In the social networks the 'news' was greeted with reservations regarding its success. Many Greeks commented that it is hardly difficult to find debtors, such as the football boss Makis Psomiadis, who few days ago was released after paying bail in the amount 20,000 euros. According to various sources the same person has declared to the tax office that his annual income is eight thousand euros! 

The inefficiency of the system for collecting taxes, combined with the widespread at all levels of state administration corruption forced the Ministry of Finance to resort to the services of private firms. In its report the German magazine Stern describes very clearly all derivatives of this problem. 

The article begins with the statement that "Greece is threatened by bankruptcy, but the rich take their money abroad. Politicians are raging, civil servants do not know what to do and the poor are paying for everything." 

http://www.grreporter.info/en/greece_poor_country_rich_citizens/5169

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