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> Social programs are funded by tax dollars, not cheap labor that may or may not be reported for taxes at all. The economy provides tax dollars. If immigrants
by justin66 6y ago
> Social programs are funded by tax dollars, not cheap labor that may or may not be reported for taxes at all.
The economy provides tax dollars. If immigrants are working hard for low wages, they're supporting the economy and economic growth. You're thinking very unclearly if you gauge the economic impact of a worker, or a class of workers, solely on how much income tax they pay.
- toomuchtodo 6y ago> The economy provides tax dollars. If immigrants are working hard for low wages, they're supporting the economy and economic growth. You're thinking very unclearly if you gauge the economic impact of a worker, or a class of workers, solely on how much income tax they pay. That economic growth is going to shareholders, not the immigrants who are being squeezed for their labor at low wages. People with high wages pay into social programs (Medicare and Social Security comes out of W2 income). Shareholders, via taxes on capital gains, do not. Ergo, underpaid immigrants are exploited by the shareholder class, at the detriment to society as a whole. Economic growth for growth’s sake is not a metric to be chased when you're discounting quality of life to achieve it.