(March 7, 2016 at 7:22 pm)Mathilda Wrote:(March 7, 2016 at 4:13 pm)paulpablo Wrote: One problem that might be an issue is how much welfare money goes towards illegal immigrants.
How much welfare can you claim if you are an illegal immigrant? Surely being illegal you wouldn't want to let the authorities know so how would an illegal immigrant actually claim it? An illegal immigrant would come to America to work for lower wages because no income tax is paid.
No income tax is paid true, but even a housewife who gets an allowance or a teen or college student who buys things with the money given to them pays tax on the products they buy. Even without income tax, imaging how much revenue, for both business and government would be lost in sales tax and profit if 11 million humans were suddenly gone.
Again, that is not to say I am against all deportation, but the way the GOP frames it, is simply bat shit insane. I simply think our government needs to do a better job getting businesses to do a better job paying EVERYONE livable wages, stop allowing big business to ship jobs overseas, stop allowing the uber rich tax shelters, and also help Mexico lift their economy so less people want to come here.
