Workers Versus Work
Aug 17th, 2009 | By Dawn Rivers Baker | Category: Policy MattersThe Labor Department is hostile to self-employment, largely because it concerns itself with workers who are employees. Employees have certain rights that are protected by the Labor Department. Independent contractors and those self-employed types take work away from employees, when employees ought to have first dibs on it.
Well, after all, it is the Labor Department.
Treasury, and in particular, the IRS, has no such biases. All they care about is that everybody pay their taxes.
In fact, I have come across taxpayer advice on the IRS web site instructing people who accept bribes, commit fraud, and rob people of their property not to forget to pay their taxes. Who knew the IRS was such a tolerant bunch?
