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Old 09-27-2011, 11:58 AM  
roly
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Originally Posted by u-Bob View Post
The Greek debt is +- 170% of their GDP, so even if they taxed everyone at a 100% tax rate they still wouldn't be able to pay of their debt.
no one pays off a debt in one payment, the defecit is what the major problem is and that stands at about 10% of GDP. So if say a tax rate of 35% was paid on that missing 30% of GDP, the defecit is no more.
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