(March 7, 2016 at 10:29 pm)KUSA Wrote:(March 7, 2016 at 10:15 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Again, not paying income tax does not mean not paying tax at all. If that same 48% that pays no income tax suddenly stopped buying anything at all, not only would the government lose sales tax, but the businesses would lose profits.
Now if the current estimate of illegals is 11 million, just that sudden lack of revenue to businesses and sales tax to the government would be jarring if not fatal to the economy.
If it's so good for our economy, why don't we move all of them here. Why stop there? Let's move everybody in the world here. Economy fixed.
And now you know why politicians allow immigration even when they say that they don't. Because it boosts the economy and makes their job easier.
