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Just as business owners don't trust their human cashiers, governments don't trust business owners. In my country, the cash register of every company that makes
by markdown 6y ago
Just as business owners don't trust their human cashiers, governments don't trust business owners.
In my country, the cash register of every company that makes over x amount of annual revenue is connected via the internet to the taxman.
- unishark 6y agoIn the US, the govt outlawed the software contracting industry in the 80s because they suspected people weren't reporting their earnings when they filed their taxes. forcing everyone to become employees of companies that were better monitored. I suspect the same motivation is partly behind the attempts to eliminate other kinds of gig work now.