I showed you earlier (if you read it) how in either case, 9% or 23% the contribution of the illegal economy was negligible - something like $4 rather than $23 on a $100 purchase. Perhaps you should go back and read it.
You also claimed it was 87 cents on a $100 purchase.
You never can be fully honest, can you?
Yes, I know you're using the 9% figure for embedded taxes on these threads for the purposes of paying or removing embedded taxes. I told you I didn't disagree with this, didn't I?
But that 9% is from a total of 22% embedded taxes. An employer could choose to keep more than 9% for the purposes of paying or removing embedded taxes, couldn't he?