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...especially strong aversion to handing over their money to the state. Dimitris Georgakopoulos, the man in charge of taxation at the Ministry of Finance, says the attitude dates back to the 400-year-long Ottoman rule over Greece, when people evaded taxes as a form of resistance. Ordinary Greeks point to a more immediate cause. "Everyone cheats," says lawyer Elena Tzanetakou, 29, as she rushes out of a tax office in Athens after filing paperwork for a client. "The system is corrupt and it always has been, so people think, 'Why should...
...Greece, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other self-employed professionals are among the worst offenders, says Georgakopoulos, the tax head. To prove the point, the ministry released tax information last November about doctors in the wealthy Athens neighborhood of Kolonaki, where the streets are lined with shops selling brands like Prada and Louis Vuitton. Nearly a third of registered doctors there declared annual incomes of less than $22,000. In all of Greece - a country of 11 million people - only 3,125 people declared incomes more than $280,000. "Everyone who can avoid paying taxes does," says Georgakopoulos. "The only ones...
...Clinton Has His Say Bill Clinton is right when he says all international efforts regarding Haiti are essential so "the Haitian people can reclaim their destiny" [Jan. 25]. However, he misses one point that is key to Haiti's becoming self-sustaining, and that is cultural change. The mix of West African religious and cultural influences prevalent in the country, like voodoo, sends the message that life is dictated by magic, and planning has no effect on the future. Haitian culture must be redeveloped and restructured, and although the circumstances are tragic, this is a time to change in order...
...order to help a country properly, it is first necessary to understand its key problems. Haiti seems to be at a pivotal point in its history: it can continue as before or make the needed changes in government, education and infrastructure. It is time Haiti's previous occupiers redeem themselves and help rebuild Haiti as its own country. Miriam Allsop San Diego...
...paychecks instead of 12. Many enjoy a work day that runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. "The state must change the mentality of the public employee," says one investor and economist, Timos Mellisaris, who calls Greece's public sector "the last communist frontier." Greeks like to point out that the state started to put on serious weight in the early 1980s when the current Prime Minister's father Andreas, who would dominate Greek politics for the next 15 years, first swept into office. "The state has an irrational control of the economy," says Yannis Stournaras, director...