I was sceptical about the lack of sources so I DDG'd it:
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/18/us/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-cec/index.html
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2024
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Stupid question: If undocumented, how are they verifiably paying anything close to this figure in taxes? Pls respond
probably the tax on their daily spendings
Sensible question. Nobody even knows how many undocumented people are in a country - because they're undocumented.
This has to be a made up figure. The sentiment might be correct but the data is dubious.
Not all taxes are collected, much of what we pay in taxes is added on to the cost of things.
For example, sales tax.
Yes, but corporations pay into the system in other ways. Take for example the time Duke Energy had a big coal ash spill into a river. They took the income resources they had and not only paid a fair fine price, cleaned up the...
Wait. No they didn't. They passed on all the costs to their customers. Fortunately those customers were able to use the free market and choose another provider...
Wait. No, they can't. Huh. That IS a freeloader.
I was about to flame you up 😤😂
Oh yes, I remember this. Duke assessed the river bed and determined that a cleanup could cause more damage and would be super expensive. So they did no cleanup AND increased rates.
increased rates
You think that assessment was free? Think again pal.
Damn I hated you on those first lines 😂
Climate Town, is this you??
Lol, no, but maybe I was channeling him. Great Youtuber.
You had me going there for a minute
I hate you. Wait no I don't 😂
I don't think they care. I think they just say they are free loaders because what they really feel is hate towards people of other races and ethnicities, but they can't say it out load or often even admit it to themselves.
More often than not they're ashamed their wic is funded in large part by illegals. Pride is dangerous as fuck.
Office depot you said?
Its funny how much owning a successful business sound exactly like being a lazy, work-shy layabout who does nothing while living off of other people's hard work.
Posts like this are important, but unfortunately in vain, I'm afraid. Those who still don't understand it will never understand it. I think they don't want to. I don't get it.
I'd say it's still important to post and talk about, not for the people who know and don't care, but for the people who don't know and do care.
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Racism is either a symptom or a tool:
Those who cant make sense of their situation being unsatisfactory may fall prey to it to soothe themselves.
Those who hoard all of the worlds wealth use it to distract from that fact.
Worth noting that a lot of the people raging about immigrants don’t see themselves as racist.
I have a quote that fits this situation well:
When you‘re dead, you do not know you are dead. Its only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.
It's not about inability to understand, mind, it's about unwillingness to understand.
There are plenty of people who have mental deficiencies who are well aware of that, and how much trouble they have understanding the world around them. But they at least try.
The same can not be said for those who are perfectly capable of understanding, yet simply choose not to.
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I'd actually be willing to bet that we (the US taxpayer) paid those corporations for the privilege of their continued existence
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Reading about The Bracero Program seems kind of wild in today's anti-immigrant US climate.
The Bracero Program (from the Spanish term bracero [bɾaˈse.ɾo], meaning "manual laborer" or "one who works using his arms") was a U.S. Government-sponsored program that imported Mexican farm and railroad workers into the United States between the years 1942 and 1964.
Temporary agricultural worker visas are one of the types of work visa with no limit, and actually have more protections than a lot of regular US workers. They still hire illegals because illegals are cheaper.
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