Today it cannot be done.
Too many people talk. Piss one off and it’s over.
People can’t go five minutes without their phones and commenting about SOMETHING.
Will never work.
“Today it cannot be done. Too many people talk. Piss one off and it’s over.”
I’m NOT advocating this. Simply noting it. Frankly, it disgusts me that people feel that they have have to conduct their life on the fringes on the economy. I’m blessed to not have to.
Failure, thy name is owebama.
I dunno.
Ever been to a flea market? How many of those people are paying business taxes?
My deceased father-in-law successfully did this from the 1970’s until his death in 2000. and I'm not sure to this day how he managed. He ran a rather large scrap metal business and in 25+ years never filed or paid a penny in tax (personal or business) or obtained one license or permit. In fact he often bragged that he wouldn't know how to file a tax return because he had never filed one in his entire life. I think he got away with it because he would deal ONLY in cash, when he passed he had over $60,000 in his dresser drawer (literally). All his employees were family (his sons and brothers who he paid only in cash) and he kept what large assets the company had (mostly large trucks and other equipment) registered in the names of his sons so nobody had very much in their name.
I disagree. If we're to survive, it's going to have to be done.
Barter for example, is becoming more commonplace. There are plenty of cops, but unless you're big-time, there's simply not jail space enough for low-level activity. Keeping a low profile and person to person exchanges will be untraceable.
Jelousy is just as prevalent in above ground business, but with the black market, as well as in legitimate business, mutual dependence provides a counter-balance.
There's also the fear of retribution, which can take many forms.
This is the new America; we're all unapprehended outlaws.
How much yard work, home repairs, hair cut/style, coloring is done off the books? I’ve had contractors offer to charge much less for cash, so long as I don’t need a receipt (I don’t play that game, but I recognize it when I see it). How much furniture is refinished and sold at sway meets or garage sales without any records? It’s big business, and many middle class people play along because they like the discount.