1. Individual workers similarly disappear into the underground economy where social charges and taxes are not paid. 2. Although economic statistics in China are badly incomplete, failing to account for an enormous underground economy, the twin trends of high growth and low inflation are clear. 3. And for survival, the serf class of ski bums always develops an underground economy, trading deli sandwiches for ski tuning, or some such. 4. And Jospin said he was considering extending community policing and directing more resources to fight drug trafficking and the underground economy. 5. And woe to the customer who strides up the clean-swept porch without respecting a basic rule of the underground economy -- reservations are a must. 6. And without the seigniorage from the underground economy, the United States would see a dramatic decline in revenue. 7. Archer says a tax code based on consumption would be a fairer code, and would make inroads into taxing the underground economy. 8. At the core of those reforms are sweeping cuts in taxes and deregulation designed to lure the underground economy to the surface. 9. A disproportionately high number of cash transactions reflects a bustling underground economy, Holmes added. 10. A thriving underground economy has sprouted west of the Mississippi to buy, wash and repair used Levis for resale in countries from Finland to Australia. |