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"Stormin Mormon" wrote:






The state hires two more code enforcement workers, whose job
it is to call Mr. Contractor into the office, and go over
his books. Now, there will be a 5 day delay before he can
start the job. Because he and his book keeper will be in the
audit office. Meantime, your roof is leaking, and a lot of
stuff is water damaged while the contractor is in the audit
office.

I hope you feel better, knowing that the contractor pays his
fair share. By the way, he pays it by adding to the cost of
your job.

Of course I am also paying an added cost for Contractor 1 because
someone has to make up the taxes that he ain't paying. And Contractor 1
puts the job off for 3 to 5 while he serves time for tax evasion or has
to up the cost of the job to pay for penalties and interest to keep his
butt out of jail. I feel much better for the guy who is paying the taxes.
Of course, this is a debate completely separate from whether the
taxes themselves are a good thing.

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"Distracting a politician from governing
is like distracting a bear from eating your baby."

--PJ O'Rourke