Because $600 a month is chump change. Why not make it $300? Why not make it $100? Why not make it $5? Why not force everyone into electronic transactions only? That way, every cent is tracked and accounted for. That is what you want, isn’t it?
We don’t want you to pay high taxes while others do not? That just isn’t fair. C’mon man.
Also, up until I retired, I had the pleasure of being taxed in the highest tax bracket, and yet I was never once jealous of those who had cash business. I also NEVER cheated on my taxes...not even once.
What does driving a Lamborghini have to do with it? Half the people on the cash economy aren’t even paying their FICA. It would be doing them a huge FAVOR to get them to file their taxes. They’ll get much larger Social Security benefits, they’ll qualify for Earned Income Tax Credit that they surely don’t even know about.
But sometimes it’s not a haircutter. It’s an electrician, a mechanic, a plumber, and we’re talking a very nice six figure income, that they earn partly thanks to a competitive advantage against legitimate operators who obey the law. That’s all I’m really saying. Let’s enforce the law. “Law and Order” as Trump used to say.