You are correct and the people of Greece are starting to protest again because of more austerity measures which in essence is the same as a tax increase or the taking away the Bush tax cuts,for us...
No, actually it is not. It's equivalent to the LACK of any kind of government stimulus plan. And they and others have been protesting that for some time.
You might want to check out what Robert Reich has to say on the subject.
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