[Mrs. Don-o]

:o(

I'm sorry to hear that.

But I've heard it suggested that, as a rule of thumb, any law needs 95% voluntary compliance to be workable, because the govt can't handle the numbers they would have to prosecute, if more that 5% were resisting by some means.

I'd like to hope, at least, that small businesses that have a workforce of less than 50, could somehow grow and yet keep themselves under the magic number for years and years by some stratagem. Independent contractors, outsourcing of some sort.

Surely if enough small firms tried it, they could make enforcement exceedingly complicated?

[Pollster1]

I'd like to hope, at least, that small businesses that have a workforce of less than 50, could somehow grow and yet keep themselves under the magic number for years and years by some stratagem. Independent contractors, outsourcing of some sort.

The IRS has for years been redefining independent contractors as employees. It has to be real and obvious, or they will come down hard on the employer. As for voluntary compliance, you are right that the socialists need that from us. I will do everything I can to encourage decent Americans (both one-on-one and online) to resist in any legal manner, even if it is costly or shrinks their business.