I made a post about backup plans and archives , <| sep |> It ' s an interesting argument for trying to justify tax evasion . Not sure it belongs in this discussion . I notice you are avoiding saying directly weather you feel if it ' s ok or not . I think you are right that there is a curious disparity in the attitudes regarding some of these professions . But I think it ' s a little more complicated then that . This is not an apples to apples comparison . Waiters , for example are required to pay taxes on their income . They are registered and have the choice to be honest or not . Many are honest and many are not . If you said Hey the guy who owns that laundromat is evading paying taxes . The IRS would be all over his ass and the members of the community would probably not rally to his defense . Aside from all that , illegal aliens are breaking the law simply by residing here . Many also obtain false paperwork such as drivers licenses etc . Which if a citizen like me were to be caught doing that they would be in serious shit . Maybe what you are trying to do is point out that people falsely use tax evasion as an argument to veil a racist agenda . Which is probably true in many cases both consciously and subconsiously . But taken separately , that doesn ' t mean tax evasion is a victimless crime . If income taxes are evaded by some , ancillary taxes go up for all to try and make up for it in paying for the schools , sewers , police , roads , graffiti removal , community programs , and other infrastructure . Another nuance of this that is relevant to this post is that one or two or a couple thousand people working under the table isn ' t really enough to have a significant impact . But now we have millions of people doing it and a lot of people are so fed up with it that they elected a psychopath to be president .