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The Greek debt was partly caused by tax avoidance/evasion.
People paid cash 'backhanders' for goods and services so that only part of the transaction was recorded for tax purposes.
Criminals operate a cash laundering system to conceal ill gotten gains.
I believe that these two misuses of cash may well be the reasons why, eventually, cash will be 'phased out'.
The abolition of cheques (delayed) was the first stage of the operation.
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I think cheques will be here for a while.
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