A promise to raise salaries in line with the European Union average unfulfilled has left many Greeks caught in a vise of high taxes and high prices and finding ways to avoid paying while the rich and businesses have benefited.
The government also has had to revise a scheme of taxing free-lancers while still unable to keep some sectors – particularly professionals – from being paid only in cash to evade taxes while the salary and pensioners can’t escape.
Source: The National Herald