[hmkpoker]

Another point of interest-

The productive labor of the employee, which is purchased at an hourly rate by the employer, is a very elastic commodity. In the absence of better options, human beings are willing to (and do) work in horrible conditions for meager pay. This is obviously true; look at an Indonesian sweat shop, or the coal mines of the late 19th century (after all, this is what the left usually complains about).

So considering that employers want to further their own bottom line, and considering that an employer's means of production can come from an elastic source, and considering that taxation will have similar effects on the competition...using your logic, couldn't this have some negative effects on the workforce?