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------Original Message------ From: Alvin Lie To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: FW: Greek tragedy: why & how Greece collapsed. Sent: May 13, 2010 00:48 An interesting e-mail I got from a friend: Why and how Greece collapsed - unfortunately the statements below sound so familiar ..... Bureaucracy: Greece's bureaucracy is famous in the whole of Europe! To open a cafe or pub there are 25 processes to go through!! This is a country of many unnecessary rules and regulations. Bloated civil service: There are 1.05 milliion civil servants (excluding police and armed forces) . The population of Greece is only 10 million!! More than 10% are govt servants!! Salary increases every year and benefit for civil servants in Greece is one of the best in Europe!! More and more money is needed to upkeep these unproductive bloated civil servants. The retirement age is 62 yrs old. Corruption: Greece is the most corrupted nation in the Eurozone. Citizens pay "under table " money to: # admit into a public hospital # pass a driving licence # to enter public service # renovate your business premises or your home # avoid income tax Every govt project is awarded to political cronies and at hugely inflated prices! Transparency International compared the prices of the construction costs of stadiums built for the Athens Olympics recently with similar structures in China--500% more expensive than the Chinese, compared to Los Angeles and Sydney-- 50 % more expensive !!! All these with tax payers money ! and borrowings!!! Tax evasion: Officially 80% of its citizens are supposed to pay tax but only 37% are doing so. Big businessmen and corporations have refined tax evasion to a fine art ( or have the tax men taken some coffee money ? ) No transparency in governance: The politicians and bureaucrats falsified economic data and painted a rosy and manageable picture while the economy was rotting away . Unabated borrowings: Meanwhile, the politicians and bureaucrats continue to issue govt bonds to keep afloat, series after series. They were trying to cover up the financial mess they have created creating one big hole to cover up the previous !! Lacking political will power to reform: To keep hold on to political power, politicians are prepared to lie, commit economic and political fraud. If reforms were taken some five years ago , the country need not go bankrupt and its citizens need not suffer so much. Political expediency and greed to political power over-rides everything and hence Greece is now a bankrupt country. Fortunately, it is part of the European Union and its currency is EURO, otherwise Greeks will have to eat grass to survive !! Laid back attitude: Tourism is THE ONLY industry in Greece and over the years the Greeks have had an easy time. Many flocked to see the historical sites, enjoy summer vacation on the islands. But they forgot that not many tourists will return after visiting the sites --there are so many other tourists attractions in the world, maybe more exotic and perhaps cheaper !! So once tourism wanes and coupled with higher costs of living --the Greeks could not and refused to adapt and transform --still partying and having a nice time -- may be the Greek Gods will bless them !!! Greece have no natural resources, no electronics industry , no R & D --no anything !! They were so laid back --cannot see what is coming and crashing down on them. Even now, the civil servants refused to take a pay cut -- because they feel that the world owes them a living !! do the above sound familiar???!!! Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry® ------------------------------------ MENGISI DAN MELIHAT DATABASE: HTTP://TMITB.NET Yahoo! Groups Links
