DEAR READERS:
I RECENTLY CAME ACROSS A STUDY BY THE LABOR MARKET STUDIES AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. THEY REPORT THAT BETWEEN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2001 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2005 THE N.Y.S GOVERNMENT HOUSEHOLDEMPLOYMENT SURVEY SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 148,000 JOBS. YET THE SAME NUMBER OF BUSINESS REPORTED HIRING AS PART OF THE PAYROLL FELL
BY 188,00. SO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF 336,000 PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY ARE
WORKING VERSUS BUSINESS THAT SAID THEY HIRED PEOPLE. OR IN SIMPLER TERMS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BUSINESES HIRING OFF THE BOOKS. AS ANYBODY IN BUSINESS CAN TELL YOU THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE UNDERGOUND ECONOMY AS A WAY OF BUSINESES TO SKIRT THE PUNITIVE TAXES
THAT N.Y.S. BURDENS THOSE BUSINESES WITH. TO LIVE IN N.Y.S IS TO BE PUNNISHED FOR SUCCESS, AND TO BE BURDENED WITH THE WHIMS OF POLITICIANS WHO WISH TO SOCIAL ENGINEER WITH WITH THE PROFITS OF BUSINESS. OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IS SOCIALISM, AND THAT IS THE PRICE FOR LIVING IN A "BLUE" STATE. THESE POLITICIANS WHO HAVE NEVER CREATED WEALTH BY HARD WORK AND INVESTING THEIR OWN MONEY, ARE ONLY TOO GLAD TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE WEALTH CREATING POPULICE THE FRIUTS OF THEIR LABORS, DREAMS, AND INVESTMENTS AND REDISTRIBUTE IT
TO THOSE WHO THINK LIFE IS UNFAIR AND THE WORLD OWES THEM SOMETHING.
SO YOU CREATE A CLIMATE IN WHICH BUSINESS FEELS THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING JUST TO STAY COMPETATIVE AND SURVIVE. THIS IS NOT A JUSTIFICATION JUST AN EXPLINATION. I SAY THIS BECAUSE THE OPTION THEY HAVE CHOSEN IS NOT ONLY ILLEAGAL, BUT PLACES AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON THOSE BUSINESES THAT STAY WITHIN THE LAW. THEY AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE FORCED TO PAY HIGHER TAXES AN BUSINESES HAVE LESS MONEY TO REINVEST
AND HIRE MORE PEOPLE. THIS ALSO GOES FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HIRE DOMESTIC HELP AND PAY THEM OFF THE BOOKS IN ORDER TO AVOID PAYING PAYROLL TAXES.
IT IS TIME FOR OUR REPRESTATIVES TO START DEMANDING THE PROPER
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO START LOOKING INTO THOSE BUSINESS THAT HAVE A
PROPENSITY TO HIRE OFF THE BOOKS. IT IS NOT REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TYPE OF BUSINESES THEY ARE. HELL, I COULD TELL THEM WHICH TYPE TO LOOK OUT FOR WITH MY EYES CLOSED. IT IS TIME HONEST BUSINESES AND EMPLOYEES NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY HIGHER TAXES AND FEES TO MAKE UP THE SHORTAGES CAUSED BY THESE CHEATS. IT IS TIME FOR OUR LOCAL OFFICIAL TO STOP COMPLAING ABOUT THE LACK OF MONEY AND THE NEED TO INCREASE TAXES(WHICH I KNOW IS A LOT EASIER THEN DOING SOMETHING) AND TAKE THE LEAD IN
FINDING THESE CHEATS AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE. ONLY THEY CAN GET THE NECESSARY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOVLED. IT IS TIME THE HONEST
WERE NOLONGER PUNISHED FOR THE GUILTY.
BAZZO 07/24/05
