re: Getting paid "under-the-table"

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Right, which is still technically stealing.

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It might be technically stealing (not sure of that, since I've been in partially empty venues before where people were encouraged by staff present to move closer) but in any event, it most certainly is in no way similar to emptying someone's back account fraudulently.

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It's also reasonable for someone who doesn't report his $10 of poker winnings to have a problem with someone trying to avoid an entire business activity's worth of taxes.

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Sure. And my contention is that for most people, it goes way beyond $10.

In any event, you are still missing my point. Which is: the OP is simply less risk-averse than the average citizen. It isn't out of the goodness of their hearts that people pay taxes - it's out of fear of getting caught not doing it. Same as the speeding example I gave - most people go 64 or 69 in a 60 because they think the cops will give you 5 or 10 above the speed limit. If they thought the cops would give you 20, then people would go 79. And so on and so forth.