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this is not a joke. what you are proposing is exactly what the neolibs would dream of. Pay people less, and let them make up the difference by not paying taxes. It's just efficient optimisation. Better to have that money in the hands of the private sector, where it can be perfectly allocated, than in the grubby, wasteful hands of the government.

And, as you point out, it's even better if employees cheat on their taxes themselves, because that way the company is not liable and its (increased) profits are safe...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 11:08:02 AM EST
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Yeah, I know. It becomes especially irritating when it is combined with some 'revealed preferences' argument that basically makes market allocation perfect by definition.
by GreatZamfir on Wed Feb 20th, 2008 at 05:11:00 AM EST
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