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		lazyasciiart on Jan 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures Same reason you can go to jail for not reporting your illegal income.

beaeglebeached on Jan 30, 2024 [–]

The IRS can't make you say where the income is from, though, so unlike logging it's at best a hint of a crime rather than an admission of crime.

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