On the upside, from a federal perspective, this is fighting undeclared revenue and beneficial to tax revenues (and so, supposed to benefit the whole society, and then in an ideal world, the government could support those who are unpaid or regulate minimum wages to force companies to pay higher).
I'm not in favour of tax evasion (but I live in a low-tax country where "only" 40% of your work is taken by the government).
From my perspective, someone evading tax, is like someone directly stealing from my wallet.
If someone doesn't pay his taxes, then I will have to pay more to compensate.
There is also a negative feedback cycle with people not paying taxes. If the neighbour doesn't pay his taxes, then I will not be motivated to pay my taxes, etc. So it's better to break this circle early.
The problem of underpaid couriers should be solved at the root with the delivery companies and work-force laws.
The whole tipping culture is a big question itself and one of the leading cause for extremely low wages. In comparison, the quality of service is extraordinary in Japan and the waiters are clearly driven by other values than Tipping Money as God.
An overall tax rate of 40% is extremely high; in most places, even those with mandatory social insurance on top, low-wage work like DoorDash doesn't get that kind of cut.
> The whole tipping culture is a big question itself and one of the leading cause for extremely low wages
Potato, potahto. American work culture in this area is just very strange, a huge collective action problem that people can't dig their way out of because the discourse is so dysfunctional.
The rich do tax avoidance, completely different thing. Of course they have the luxury of doing it 'legally', which is not something you can do without a certain amount of money.
