There is one Greek town of average incomes where the per capita ownership of Porsche sports cars was so high that Porsche sent out a high-level company rep for a tour and grip-and-grin with the mayor.
Also:
There was one Greek island where nearly EVERYONE was legally blind —turned out there were super rich extra payments to anyone who could get himself declared blind. Even a taxi-driver and bird-watcher were “blind”.
Retirement age 50 years, 30% of the population works for Da Gummint...
The idea behind “gaming the system” is “gaming” the system, not crushingly defeating it.
Is this Greece or Chicago you’re talking about?
The Germans lent Greece money just so the Greeks would continue buying German export products like the Porsches mentioned here, and thereby help keep the German economy spinning along.
Do you a link to that?