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[–] greblak ago 

An example I've heard from friends of the family is that teachers in high school do what they have to do at work. Hold the tests and teach the basic curriculum. But if you wanna have any shot at an A, you have to hire them privately. This money is exchanged in cash, without paying any form of tax on it. Greeks aren't too happy about taxes and that's coming back to bite them along with a series of overdue loans they've had to make due to the tax issue. It's a cultural thing I fear will take many years to set right. And by that time they're in so deep there's not much of Greece left! It's also a bad spiral. People now have a hard time getting a hold of money from banks, so there is little incentive to actually pay taxes for them right now. It's better to trade items or exchange cash, making the issue even worse.