America was built on essentially a universal underground economy. It was all shielded from the government. How far we have come in losing basic understanding.
” It was all shielded from the government. “
Undergrounders still pay plenty in taxes - sales taxes (and underground businesses, not being properly licensed, don’t get exemption from sales taxes on their purchases of materials and inventory for resale) and property taxes (don’t think renters pay property taxes??), and all of the other exise and ‘sin’taxes that our ‘betters’ are so eager to impose...