Note also that the vast bulk of this number is payroll taxes - i.e. taxes that would be paid by any person doing this job. These aren’t extra tax revenues we magically get because these people are here, they’re the exact same tax revenues we would be getting if the job was held by a citizen or legal immigrant (or possibly lower if the illegal is being paid below market wages), but with the added benefit of there often being stolen SSNs and fraud that affects citizen victims involved!
I used to think amnesty made sense. Then it became clear that the woke would use it as a method for open borders. I can even tolerate open borders, but not benefits for anyone in the world who fancies them. Which appears to be the goal.
It would be much more simpler if the left were honest about their own opinions.
Yes I was trying to understand why wokey liberals like illegal immigrants so much and I kept running into this. Also why do we see so many Hispanic people wearing the Mexican flag? I understand you feel you have heritage to a Latino cultural however a flag is a national political symbol, you are in America. Are you American or do you feel you are a Mexican national? mi hermano…
Besides the wage deflation caused by illegal immigrants, the graphic and this post both ignore the increased costs to the rest of us through hospitals and insurance companies.
Note also that the vast bulk of this number is payroll taxes - i.e. taxes that would be paid by any person doing this job. These aren’t extra tax revenues we magically get because these people are here, they’re the exact same tax revenues we would be getting if the job was held by a citizen or legal immigrant (or possibly lower if the illegal is being paid below market wages), but with the added benefit of there often being stolen SSNs and fraud that affects citizen victims involved!
And it's not voluntary either.
I used to think amnesty made sense. Then it became clear that the woke would use it as a method for open borders. I can even tolerate open borders, but not benefits for anyone in the world who fancies them. Which appears to be the goal.
It would be much more simpler if the left were honest about their own opinions.
Blanket amnesty would be a mistake. So would trying to deport everyone. The only solution is a compromise.
In other words don't expect a solution anytime soon.
After the 11 million brought in by FJB go home.
Similar charts could be made for:
- Citizens who pay taxes for EI but who never draw from it
- Citizens who pay school taxes but don't have children
- Citizens who pay income taxes to support a sound, competent government but never seem to achieve one.
Excellent
Thanks!
Yes I was trying to understand why wokey liberals like illegal immigrants so much and I kept running into this. Also why do we see so many Hispanic people wearing the Mexican flag? I understand you feel you have heritage to a Latino cultural however a flag is a national political symbol, you are in America. Are you American or do you feel you are a Mexican national? mi hermano…
Besides the wage deflation caused by illegal immigrants, the graphic and this post both ignore the increased costs to the rest of us through hospitals and insurance companies.
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/what-the-nash-equilibrium-teaches
https://open.substack.com/pub/fakenous/p/is-there-a-right-to-immigrate?r=1nuarp&utm_medium=ios