There are probably small new businesses that are dealing in cash and under the radar. I recently watched a video made by a guy in Georgia who deals in storage unit auctions and other means of making cash. He gave a list of 25 ways to make money without getting a job. Scrap metal, Etsy, cannabis cultivation - there are many ways people are making money and not reporting it.
It's not good when government creates a situation where the only possible approach in order to succeed is to break the law.
Under the table, they're not paying taxes, insurance, permits etc. Besides that, they're collecting all the freebies the unemployed are so used to.
There was an article last week about the middle class not being a majority in the US anymore. The only chance for survival of the economy is for it to be advantageous to start and grow individual and small businesses legally.
RE: Scrap metal, Etsy, cannabis cultivation
Isn’t cannabis cultivation illegal?
Have a copy?
That is a growing segment of our economy here in NJ; as companies leave for greener pastures (either overseas or in the South), we are left with a black market economy and government checks (fake disabilities and fake autism are hot areas). It drives down the standard of living for the taxpayers that remain, and there are less & less people contributing to the pot used to fix roads, school buildings, etc. (in fact, any funding for schools goes straight to the teacher - then a portion of that passes through the union on to the Democratic Party).