Self-employed workers are offered several huge tax benefits by being self-employed: 1. Writing off business expenses (gas, vehicle wear and tear, etc) 2. The

Self-employed workers are offered several huge tax benefits by being self-employed: 1. Writing off business expenses (gas, vehicle wear and tear, etc) 2. The Qualified Business Income deduction of 20% 3. Larger contributions to tax-favorable retirement funds Employment eliminates this in addition to adding several additional taxes (workers comp, unemployment, etc). These expenses are passed down to the employee in the form of reductions in wages. So the implications of making large populations of self employed workers actually employed has great tax benefits for the government, at the expense of the worker.