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I heard it through the grapevine

Published 29 Nov 2011 (1)
I heard it through the grapevine. The father of a member of the government died. He was to be buried in an island. Another member of the government wanted to send a wreath. He contacted ...
Sith Priests to the rescue

Published 27 Nov 2011
The past couple of weeks has seen the rise in arrests among people who owe VAT to the state. There have been around 10 arrests. What have we learned from them so far?
 
1) There is ...
Habemus consulem

Published 12 Nov 2011 (1)
Re: Referendum
 
It was not a dark and stormy night and the rabbit was getting some sun in the forest when the bear passed along. “What’s up my rabbit” called the bear. “Ah! Nothing much. Just ...
Vendetta

Published 31 Oct 2011 (1)
 Vendetta is common in societies with a weak rule of law (or where the state doesn't consider itself responsible for mediating this kind of dispute) where family and kinship ties are the main source ...
Giveitupism

Published 26 Oct 2011
Forget capitalism. Forget socialism. Forget communism. Forget monetarism, consumerism, corporatism, libertarianism, protectionism, fascism and any other economic system ever written. The Greek government has a new economic system. Giveitupism.
 
How much money do we need?
 
This much
 
Give ...
This is gonna be fun!

Published 30 Sep 2011 (4)
There are 4 legal ways to do book-keeping/find out each enterprise’s profits.
 
The easiest one is that you keep no books at all. The government states how much income you made based on certain properties of ...
Ali Baba’s treasures

Published 29 Sep 2011 (3)
 Can tax-evasion be beaten? I really don’t know. What I would like to know however is how much are we talking about. We saw the lists with all the corporations that owed taxes. We all ...
Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time and the ten to get yourself in.

Published 12 Sep 2011 (4)
No introduction. I ain’t got a decent one. So, let’s cut to the chase.
 
«τέλος επιτηδεύματος» & «εισφορά αλληλεγγύης». I really don’t know how to translate these two. “business tariff” & “solidarity contribution”? Could be. ...
Golden Slumbers

Published 2 Sep 2011
In relation to Article 34 of Law 3986/2011 "Urgent measures implementing the Medium Term Framework of Financial Strategy for 2012 to 2015" we provide the following details and instructions for proper and uniform implementation:
 
According to ...
What crisis?

Published 12 Jul 2011 (1)
 There is no crisis.
 
Roger Waters came. Yes. He still performs. Amazing. How much did it cost? 55-65-88-145. Peanuts. And since he was so cheap, all 3 performances were almost sold out. I guess my compatriots ...
Alcibiades Ouranos
Alcibiades Ouranos
Alcibiades Ouranos rants and raves. Mostly rants.
He is knowledgable about a lot of things, from economics to comics.
The tricky part is to not get him started.

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