Getting some Greeks to pay taxes would have been another form of austerity really, a 4% increase in taxes, even if it's through reducing tax evasion, will have a similar effect as a 4% reduction in spending. Also, given that the finance minister "lost" a list of 2,000 likely tax cheats and the government went after a newspaper editor for publishing said list, I'm not thinking this is a realistic course of action.
Not sure I agree with your definition of neo-liberal economics. I'd describe it as "have your cake and eat it too" economics. People like government services, they also like low taxes. For a while, you can have both. This is not an economic theory, it's politics.
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Date: 16/11/12 08:59 (UTC)Not sure I agree with your definition of neo-liberal economics. I'd describe it as "have your cake and eat it too" economics. People like government services, they also like low taxes. For a while, you can have both. This is not an economic theory, it's politics.