[cuillevel3]

An European founder could do the same, hire only self-employed contractors.

However, e.g. in Germany, that's only possible if the contractors work independently and have more than one customer long-term. I guess someone will notice eventually?

[mbeex]

> and have more than one customer long-term.

This is rather a counter criterion. Government finally found out several years ago, that there is a new non-significant class of well-earning people - IT contractors - that can be legally milked by abusing laws, created ostensibly to 'protect' the weak.