> They aren't fixing their tax fraud - no one is paying enough taxes. This is something that takes a long time. It is unrealistic to expect Greeks can fix some

> They aren't fixing their tax fraud - no one is paying enough taxes. This is something that takes a long time. It is unrealistic to expect Greeks can fix something like this in the time-frame needed to solve this crisis. Worse, during a crisis there is pressure to escape taxation making the job a lot more difficult. I'm from Portugal. Portugal had Greek levels of tax fraud in the 80s. It took twenty years, from the late 90s onward, to get to decent levels of fraud. I rate the work done here as excellent. And even then, it took two decades! If Europe were serious about helping Greece, they'd be assisting with setting up an efficient finance ministry, not jacking up VAT levels and pushing more of the economy outside legality.