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<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tn00zdsF62tzP4GqF2gkFm55YlljIMtAfPiFA6kdqe7XUBB8iSg5XFgpm6XPNuTsJWN06VOp6KbvFuUczi-Y-BxF1ZhzKNCjm9VoODFkDrpdozLpozRL4mlhpIACrK_g4E2DxKs6oUX3JNE74GEK-ltE8Ww3U8giHR3BpkSrtNP5vqlxKQ1xvA==&c=20OvYsiQik-RnbaN0WeQqx6_khPUPxrzRr-xr0wTWjAF08E65TKkSg==&ch=8G2njBRtiP5ZE0oCVYpmKM69AxHD8NivpGkdV7ohdUBj1wGHgW6KPw==> July 10, 2014 Greek Recipe For Disaster Several years ago, Despina Antypa <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tn00zdsF62tzP4GqF2gkFm55YlljIMtAfPiFA6kdqe7XUBB8iSg5XO4-vSRpdQX70lSnHPoPXvaVULKkz3SoKRfZky5C-iVg1j_V0momVdmRj4j8_ipogYye4xp2DErwatiia4PEWGVRX39A8eu3GaZ7vSxl6qgvFiNG3MpJpD5IBDBjRbs-Kop0MiIBL3vdqgCi4yi40P-mzmDW5PT2dNLoNP4LYdSDzHlvoHzvzMJts5ilFB0QU05EXVxJEF2Nl2hhx8GvfVEh4nqcfPp06ZsNwo6aAIiA&c=20OvYsiQik-RnbaN0WeQqx6_khPUPxrzRr-xr0wTWjAF08E65TKkSg==&ch=8G2njBRtiP5ZE0oCVYpmKM69AxHD8NivpGkdV7ohdUBj1wGHgW6KPw==> and her husband worked at a leading newspaper in Athens. Then came the economic crisis <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tn00zdsF62tzP4GqF2gkFm55YlljIMtAfPiFA6kdqe7XUBB8iSg5XO4-vSRpdQX7lkjeECcZwkO5vspVDtZJVm5AKsR4EiHqH9I-YWSmJOjZCBg6viXRwTckZoe8-gKKXOVFrmrHXDJPNWxU5U3vyVGoXkrgsHJA0doHUEKE6yar9O5ZEkJynVAxXhgAtqnB1LKXwRKpV0wqjTsbnDNczNd3RD7PD7fVHSicn9fgybzcIoZ41qNIymU8gMjwzvadyQQT_DcePT4=&c=20OvYsiQik-RnbaN0WeQqx6_khPUPxrzRr-xr0wTWjAF08E65TKkSg==&ch=8G2njBRtiP5ZE0oCVYpmKM69AxHD8NivpGkdV7ohdUBj1wGHgW6KPw==> . The bad news was “just a whisper” at first. But when friends began losing work, she had the foresight and discipline to plan a new career. One unrestricted by language or country — just in case they ever had to leave Greece. She chose pastry, taking classes every weekday for two years, practicing techniques on weekends. <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/amphora.png> Sure enough, in 2011 the couple lost their own jobs. Despina threw herself into the task of confecting a signature delicacy good enough to sell; some 3,000 trials and errors (“mostly errors”) later, she was satisfied. Then came the work of developing a website, packaging, selling. Orders poured in. The labors were paying off. Except that— The business was killed in its crib by bureaucrats. The Greek government demanded a lot, including * advance taxes equal to “50 percent of estimated profit in the first two years” (money never to be returned were the business to fail); * minimum square footage for her shop much greater than necessary; and * a separate toilet for walk-in customers (although there would be no walk-in customers). The arbitrary burdens proved too great. In 2013, her husband got a job offer that meant moving to Brussels. They jumped at the chance. There they forged the new life they could have forged in Greece — had they been allowed to. It seems that the road to recovery is not helped by hobbling the runners. This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob. 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