Sounds like an honorable and fiscally sound tradition to me.
I have no problem with it, until said tradesman also collect social security disability, food stamps, Obama phones, etc while they’re working this underground economy.
Why do you think so many illegal immigrants don’t pay into the system and never will and the reproduce faster than any other demographic. They are also a huge portion of the demographic that uses social welfare programs. So ask me why so many of the muncipalities are going broke in cities with a very large illegal immigrant population and I’ll give you two guesses as to why they’re going broke.
Want a big oak taken down hereabouts ?
$350 via check.
$200 cash...
“Sounds like an honorable and fiscally sound tradition to me.”
On a fundamental level, there is something wrong with a society where this is somehow “illegal”.