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Until you realize your life is in fucking danger there. Nearly every summer, in Greece, we are dealing with wildfires.
Last year, there was a fire in Rhodes during September. People were jumping in the sea to save their life. The response of the government was to provide vouchers to tourists from foreign countries, so that they will visit again next year.
The government gave no shit to Greek people, and I don't really think people from other countries dared to come again.
Besides the issues with emergency services, there are also pricing problems. I only know about Greece and Turkey. In tourist areas of those countries, all prices are inexcusably high.
This year a wildfire started in the center of fucking Athens.
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I know. What's unique to Cologne is the fact that the people deciding the budget and the bosses of the construction companies share a table at some carnival events, drink some Kölsch and make some deals. And the people of Cologne enjoy this as part of their tradition. And once all the tax money is gone and the rest of the city collapsed (as long as it's not the Dom) they'll simply say "Et hätt noch immer jot jejange" and carry on as usual.
Köln is indeed special.
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That's cute.
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This year a wildfire started in the center of fucking Athens.
Then it's not wild, it's urban.
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Taxes. Because I have a brain and understand how a civil, functioning society, works.
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In Hungary, the effective tax rate is ~33%, we also have 27%(!) VAT, but hey, if you're making the grandchildren of Fidesz voters work "real manly job", you can get a 0% tax rate on your business.
we also have 27%(!) VAT
That's wild
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we also have 27%(!) VAT
That's wild
The rationale is to "punish not the work but the rich", except the rich gets to skirt around VAT, by having at least one business. Also we literally have the tax system suggested by the Bell Curve authors, to "encourage high-IQ families to make children".
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I'd say Germany does not have high taxes IF YOU ARE RICH. Also Germany has lots oft corruption, in my opinion, most oft it is not seen by many people.
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The rationale is to "punish not the work but the rich", except the rich gets to skirt around VAT, by having at least one business. Also we literally have the tax system suggested by the Bell Curve authors, to "encourage high-IQ families to make children".
Nice to see a sneak preview of my country in a year or two...
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I'm actually wondering how much of this has to do with the climate, i.e. the physical weather patterns. something like: living in northern countries historically meant that you had a tougher time getting through the winter, because the winters are harsher and longer, so you need to store more food and make sure it doesn't spoil, which requires extra planning. so as a historical consequence, northern countries end up with a higher degree of organization, including bigger states, more organized tax systems, overall more organized structures.
You can see many examples of this. all big empires historically have had their center on the northern hemisphere, including england, US, europe, USSR, china. there's (almost) none on the south.
