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To: mph who wrote (53508)11/15/2006 1:25:21 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
If an employer is not collecting or paying taxes for its employees, independent of whether it provides health insurance, it is not contributing to the tax base.

My point was only about the health care part of the issue. I was replying to "So who pays for the health care of these workers? You guessed it. The taxpayer."

I wouldn't call "not contributing to the tax base" to be the same as receiving a subsidy either, but it is a legitimate issue.



To: mph who wrote (53508)11/15/2006 3:54:34 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
The economics of illegally paid immigrants is more complex than that. Most spend 100% of their wages, with most going to legitimate businesses. That cycles the money through the tax system generating cascading multiple layers of income, employment and sales taxe receipts.

As much as I would prefer to rubber stamp the idea of unreported cash employment being a burden on society, it is fuzzier than that.


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