There is nothing to suggest even affluent Greeks have ever wanted to pay their share of the tax burden. From a Der Spiegel article, five years ago: His staf

There is nothing to suggest even affluent Greeks have ever wanted to pay their share of the tax burden. From a Der Spiegel article, five years ago: His staff have become very creative when it comes to tracking down tax offenders: They use police helicopters to fly over Athens' affluent suburbs and make films of homes owned by doctors, lawyers and businesspeople. They use satellite pictures by Google Earth to locate country villas, swimming pools and properties. And these tactics have revealed that the suburbs didn't have 324 swimming pools, as was reported, but rather 16,974. Tax fraud investigators spent a number of weeks on nightclub parking lots in Athens and noted down the registration numbers of luxury sedans. Their investigation revealed that approximately 6,000 car owners have vehicles worth €100,000, but only reported to the tax authorities that they have an annual income of €10,000.[1] [1] Finding Swimming Pools with Google Earth: Greek Government Hauls in Billions in Back Taxes http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/finding-swimming-pools-with-google-earth-greek-government-hauls-in-billions-in-back-taxes-a-709703.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/finding-swimming-...