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I guess an argument could be made that this would only maximize short-term tax revenue, and only tax revenue that is, as you said, collected from income taxes,

I guess an argument could be made that this would only maximize short-term tax revenue, and only tax revenue that is, as you said, collected from income taxes, which might or might not correlate to the guest worker's long-term direct and indirect contributions to the federal budget (and the American economy in general).

koolba 10y ago
> I guess an argument could be made that this would only maximize short-term tax revenue, and only tax revenue that is, as you said, collected from income taxes, which might or might not correlate to the guest worker's long-term direct and indirect contributions to the federal budget (and the American economy in general). All else being equal, I'd wager that the long term tax revenue collected from a guest worker with a higher starting salary will be more than one lower starting salary. Tax revenue is a function of the worker's salary. Higher starting salaries will lead to higher salaries down the road.