how Greeks cheated THEMSELVES into ruin

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whole island pretending to be blind to get benefits, 8,500 pensioners who faked being aged over 100 and lawyers who claim to earn just €12,000: New book reveals how Greeks cheated THEMSELVES into ruin
James Angelos' book looks at widespread tax evasion and benefit fraud
Includes case of the island where 498 people pretended to be blind
Also reveals how super-rich bought camoflage for pools to avoid tax
Greece is on the brink of collapse as it decides whether to reject EU bailout

Greece in teetering on the brink of ruin - and it is hard not to feel sympathy for the pensioners crying in the street and the mothers facing empty supermarket shelves.

Yet those reading a new book may find themselves feeling a little less compassionate towards the Greeks. It reveals an eye-popping catalogue of benefits scams and tax avoidance schemes that have robbed the public purse.

James Angelos' The Full Catastrophe: Travels among the New Greek Ruins lays bare the corruption which filtered through all levels of society - from the islanders who pretended to be blind, to the families who forgot to register their parents' death and the doctors who 'earn' just €12,000 a year - yet live in Athens' most exclusive neighbourhood.

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yes we know they brought much of it on them selves
but shouldn't the klessen be...that people need less taxation then they wont wish to cheat
Greece and its peoples went from general poverty to having a great deal in a very short period of time....no wonder they couldn't cope

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Beware Greeks bearing debts...

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absolutely...but even greater beware the EU and IMF lending loans and EU talks....the stasi is not visible..but it hasn't gone away
what sort of government[EU] lets things get so bad that people leave their children on the steps of orphages and churches..
what sort of government [eu]stands by while people remain unpaid..and cannot get their own monies out of the Banks..simply on a matter of political agenda....what sort of government [eu] punishes ordinary workers..while the rich get off scot free