its not what i am talking about. In this case the employer has
to pay, and who are the employers, its us citizens! i mean tax the
workers straight. And i am not only referring to maids and
labourers, but white collar foreign workers as well.
This scheme will bring about competitive wage if there is fixed
taxation for various pay scales.
I don't see the diffence. Let's say the maid really had to
pay 47% out of her salary (your new PR/FT tax scheme), and let's
say $300 take home is the minimum that she is prepared to work
for. She'd need to find a job that paid $565 before taxes,
and end up keeping $300. The employer still pays $565.
The only difference between a levy and tax is how directly the
money passes from employer to the government.
If you want to talk about competitive wages then you'll lose a
lot more jobs to foreigners. I'll assume by competitive you'll mean
each worker competing on a fair level. All of a sudden your
$1500 FT labourer will cost you $1000 (simplified example of
course), putting all your $1001 to $1499 salaried local workers out
of the market.