I have this mental image of a monster eating itself.
I don’t really have an easy answer about collecting overdue taxes, but I do know that shutting down businesses won’t help end recessions. Of course, I guess this goes back to the problem of taxation in the first place.
I think the solution is to shut down the gubmnt, not the businesses.
Taxation is legalized extortion.
It's a bit like debtor's prison. Lock them up until they pay. It's hard to earn money to pay if you're in prison (or your business is shutdown).
Mostly I don’t care, Because the businesses were collecting sales taxes from the customers, so they should turn it over to the state. They certainly shouldn’t keep it to help them survive, it’s not their money.
However, the one guy had a good point — if the business decides to sell on credit to customers who can’t pay, the state shouldn’t collect the sales tax until the business is paid.