It is so obvious that going at it from the employer end is the answer.
One of the things I learned from practicing law is how big the cash economy must be. Just about every divorce case I've ever done, one or both of the parties has accused the other of taking cash under the table, with good justification. And when business deals go bad, the partners point that same finger.
Everybody who takes cash, also pays in cash, because they can't put the money in the bank.
They pay cash to their employees, they pay cash to their retailers, to their wholesalers, to their distributors, to their repair people, and all of them pay cash.
Even the ones who keep books, keep cash off the books.
You're never going to get rid of it unless you outlaw cash and make everybody use electronic transactions.
At any rate, those illegals are getting paid cash now. The employer is willing to cheat IRS and SS, why not INS? |
