Yeah, this is typical. I know this lady who owns one house in Plaka [1] right under the Acropolis, another in Kifissia [1] and lives in a house in the Liston [1], in Corfu (think Plaka, but on an Ionian Island). She never stops complaining about ENFIA [2] and how unfair it is that she has to pay property tax.

Well I don't have to pay any tax at all. Because I don't own anything. Sometimes it's just very hard to sympathise with people who are several times as wealthy as I am, and who complain because they will now have to pay taxes for it.

Because let's not forget that the devaluing of properties is a very recent thing. Until now having a couple of properties meant a steady stream of income- which most people would probably not have paid any tax on... because they dodged it. Which contributed to the dire situation we are in right now. And in particular caused the current government to resort to the harsh measures that are being imposed.

No, really- I don't want to see anyone punished, or having their properties repossessed, that's truly awful. But I can't really find it within me to feel, you know- compassionate.

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[1] To non-Greek readers: all those are very posh, very expensive districts in Athens or Corfu, the latter being one of the more well-off (and therefore, expensive) islands in the Ionian sea, the more upmarket set of Greek islands.

[2] A newly introduced property tax.

house != flat, but how would you know.

If someone that owns 3 flats and 1 house is considered rich then all good I am rich, why am I even working for? damn, why my parents can't pay their electricity(tax) bills and have to make arrangements with the government to pay in installments, noone knows, we are just rich, I'll go get my private jet and fly off this comment section now.