▲ 1393 ▼ Mastercard/Visa’s control (thelemmy.club) submitted 7 months ago by ontariobay@lemmy.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works 231 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago (1 child) Which country was it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago (1 child) Greece permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago (3 children) Having visited Greece (well, Corfu) a number of times, and as much as I love the place and the people, the primary reason they prefer cash is because they're not big fans of paying taxes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago Didn't they go through a whole thing where other countries were imposing shit on them to force repayments of national debt? Maybe understandable then that tax evasion is popular if a lot of what is paid in taxes isn't going towards improvements to your own country. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago Well if they dislike taxes, they probably hate transaction fees even more. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago It might have had something to do with people waiting in line to withdraw 60 euros too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago (1 child) Greece permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago (3 children) Having visited Greece (well, Corfu) a number of times, and as much as I love the place and the people, the primary reason they prefer cash is because they're not big fans of paying taxes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago Didn't they go through a whole thing where other countries were imposing shit on them to force repayments of national debt? Maybe understandable then that tax evasion is popular if a lot of what is paid in taxes isn't going towards improvements to your own country. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago Well if they dislike taxes, they probably hate transaction fees even more. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago It might have had something to do with people waiting in line to withdraw 60 euros too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago (3 children) Having visited Greece (well, Corfu) a number of times, and as much as I love the place and the people, the primary reason they prefer cash is because they're not big fans of paying taxes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago Didn't they go through a whole thing where other countries were imposing shit on them to force repayments of national debt? Maybe understandable then that tax evasion is popular if a lot of what is paid in taxes isn't going towards improvements to your own country. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago Well if they dislike taxes, they probably hate transaction fees even more. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago It might have had something to do with people waiting in line to withdraw 60 euros too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago Didn't they go through a whole thing where other countries were imposing shit on them to force repayments of national debt? Maybe understandable then that tax evasion is popular if a lot of what is paid in taxes isn't going towards improvements to your own country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago Well if they dislike taxes, they probably hate transaction fees even more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago It might have had something to do with people waiting in line to withdraw 60 euros too. permalink fedilink source parent
