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Old 07-31-2012, 12:32 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Gozarian View Post
Payroll taxes we pay are 45.1% (16.5% employee contribution, 28.6% employer contribution) and government cant understand why the 60% of workers are black market employees. If they reduce that burden by half the black market employees would suddenly appear on the books and government will be awash in cash.
Only if all the people working "off the books" returned to working on the books. Go do the sums.

If they catch and penalise those paying the illegal workers money, big fines that discouraged the practice. Then there would be a better response.
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