[EternalVigilance]

But the drug dealer is still collecting a gross amount and not paying tax on it.

This sentence shows that you just can't imagine a world without an income tax.

Fact is, NO ONE will pay such a tax on ANYTHING.

You're like the institutionalized prisoner who has been locked up for so long that he doesn't want to leave the prison-house, even when the door is left hanging wide open.

[Always Right]

This sentence shows that you just can't imagine a world without an income tax.

But if the drug dealer was somehow on the up and up, he would have to remit 23% of his gross to the feds.

Fact is, NO ONE will pay such a tax on ANYTHING.

Registered retailers certainly will have to remit such a tax on their gross receipts.