I wonder if that's partly due to people (both young people and the older people that would hire them) being uncertain if they can get away with it these days?

I wonder if that's partly due to people (both young people and the older people that would hire them) being uncertain if they can get away with it these days? There were a bunch of scandals about ten years or so ago about politicians running for office who had housekeepers and didn't pay social security. And kids sometimes get in trouble for running a lemonade stand without a food handler's card or business license or whatever. There might also be a disconnect between what people think they should pay and what the cost of living is. In other words: maybe people don't do that sort of thing because they'd still be losing money even if they did it full time.