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I did a quick search and an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants pay an estimated $11.6 billion in taxes, so $1,000 per person. It's a huge net loss. Not to
by FT_intern 10y ago
I did a quick search and an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants pay an estimated $11.6 billion in taxes, so $1,000 per person.
It's a huge net loss. Not to mention the fallout from stolen SSNs and creating demand for stolen SSNs
- amluto 10y agoYou're making an incorrect assumption that taxes paid are proportional to GDP contribution. Do you really think that, for example, low-paid migrant farm workers contribute correspondingly little to economic output? They contribute hugely to farm output! As an extreme example, unpaid workes (slaves in places and times with slavery, interns, etc) still contribute to their employers' output. The right thing to do isn't to reduce their rights and benefits to be commensurate with their nonexistent salaries; instead, their rights and benefits (and hence taxes) should be increased to be (at least) commensurate with their value to the economy. The stolen SSN issue is a bizarre strawman. There's a trivial solution: give them real SSNs.
- some-guy 10y agoWhen I worked a minimum wage job after high school full time I paid zero in taxes, and I'm a citizen.
- DrScump 10y agoWe're not counting working illegally, "under the table". Even (legal) minimum wage workers pay full FICA and Medicare tax.