This means no tax enforcement against billionaires.

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    Pretty much. Wages are reported to the IRS by your employer, so you can’t really evade taxes on them.

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      Thats if you’re a salary person. Plenty of gigs out here that dont operate like that.

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        Sure, if you’re getting paid cash with no 1099 and no w2, you can get away with it. Most people, not so much.

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          In very few lines of work is getting paid cash going to get you the inome that would trigger DOJ Tax Evasion profiling. The only one I can think of is extra-legal. Drugs. It’s drugs.

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          Because 1099s are infallible and totally not filled out by the individual. If you’re in the US taxes are designed for fraud. I’d agree with you if I were in a real country with real tax laws.