Opinion – Using the underground market risks more than a bad haircut
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Author(s): Connelly, C. E.
Date: 2020
Resource: The Toronto Star
No matter how scruffy you look these days, don’t get a black market haircut.
If the underground economy increases by even 10 per cent, we will lose up to a billion dollars in tax revenue. A billion dollars may not stretch as far as it used to, but it could pay for almost 15,000 more nurses for our long-term care homes. Tax revenue is sorely needed now, as budget deficits reach record highs.
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