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A max wage will just lead to workarounds, hiring each family member at the maximum rate for instance, or schemes where a family member sues the company and the
by kardos 7y ago
A max wage will just lead to workarounds, hiring each family member at the maximum rate for instance, or schemes where a family member sues the company and the company "loses", etc. Is it worth it to play that game?
- jtolmar 7y ago"Somebody might work around it" is never a good argument against a policy. Whatever the policy's goals are, even a version full of loopholes will accomplish more of those goals than not implementing the policy at all.
- kardos 7y agoThe point is that it won't be effective. We'll get a situation like [1] that takes decades to fix: > Concept and origin (1991) > Partial closure (2018) To essentially cap wages, you could use higher tax rates in higher tax brackets, and that might actually be enforceable as it would leverage the existing enforcement apparatus that has decades of experience patching workarounds. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement
- MiroF 7y agoI've heard tax circumvention is a problem too, which is why I'm in favor of abolishing taxation.
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