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> We aren't taxed when we trade two pineapples for four pears, so why is trading our time/effort for money any different? Actually you are taxed on trades. ht

• BuckRogers 7y ago
  That's a complete misrepresentation of your link and what I said. Of course businesses are regulated differently, or they'd be getting away with murder on bartering as yet another way to skirt taxes. I can trade you two apples for two pears without filing a 1099B. Again, why should my labor be treated any differently? The business I work for should potentially pay taxes on my employment, but employees should not. And to clarify because apparently I have to- I'm acting as my own person, not on behalf of a business.