An inconvenient truth. Many are employed by persons or companies that do not know they are illegal. They submit a stolen or borrowed SSN and taxes are withheld. When filing season rolls around it is not safe to file taxes, so if additional money is owed the IRS or if a refund is due neither happens. The unclaimed refunds are property of the IRS and the unpaid balances are offset by you and me. The 12 billion number is a little inflated. The amount that should be paid by illegals working illegally dwarfs the amount actually paid. The jobs filled by illegals, would be filled by citizens or those with work visas and taxes would be collected anyway.
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, illegal immigrants paid about 12 billion dollars total in taxes, including income tax, property tax, and sales tax.
Pripyatplatypus is right, I did not include 3.6 billion in property taxes. However this does not change anything, these are taxes that citizens working the same jobs and living in the same houses would be paying anyway. This in no way justifies sneaking into the country in violation of multiple laws.
Except total taxes collected for 2016 is estimated to be $6.6 trillion. $12 billion is just laughable when you realize illegals are costing around $100 billion of taxpayers money each year to support.
No. Just no. These people cross the border with nothing but the clothes on their back. Have you seen how expensive ESL classes can be. It's pretty hard to pay taxes when people discriminate against you for "stealing hard earned American jobs" and refuse to hire. It's pretty hard to afford anything when you're mostly getting paid under the table by these people. Telling it like it is, isn't the same as complaining about a nonexistent problem. And people do discriminate against Mexicans whether their legal of not. And considering that most of the basic labor that happens in America goes to Mexicans because no one else wants to do it is just another perk. And last but not least please don't forget that unless you fucking descend from Native American ancestry. Everyone is a motherfucking migrant. In conclusion, ASSHOLE.
Anyone from Australia here? The magical place where none of this bat shit crazy stuff bothers us, cause we’re our own country, island, and continent. Can’t war with your neighbours if you have none *que meme.
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· 8 years ago
You know, if you wanna be the bigger person, you shouldn't act like those you criticize. Otherwise, you just breed more hate and prevent understanding. Not a rant, but I'm just saying . . .
(Not being rascist, it's pretty ghetto in some parts)
Native American here!
You are an asshole.