There are payroll taxes, though (15.3% split evenly between employer and employee).
Resturants, construction, small business, farming, are all areas that are prone to the cash only options.
Reform is needed. I don't think any elected official will tackle the issue because change will make someone upset. They need people to accept them to get reelected. I think citizen reforms are the best option.
Great, more FICA money funneled into the Social Security rathole.
That "split" is a clever deception. The self-employed get to pay the whole thing. As for the rest of us, just because we don't see it on our paystubs doesn't mean we didn't pay it.
Anyone who disagrees should consider whether it would be a good idea to take a 7.65% pay cut so that their employer can pay all of it. (Surely you'll feel better about your huge tax cut, right? :-)
"There are payroll taxes, though (15.3% split evenly between employer and employee"
Just get rid of the illegals in construction, return wages to where they were 15 years ago with americans holding the jobs on a legitimate payroll and there would not only be a lot more taxes paid but the quality of work would improve drasticly along with production.
The illegals have trashed the construction industry.