> How is excluding tax frauds a "net loss for the nation"? Calling this tax fraud is... I guess true, but kind of odd and silly. Two people making $X/2 will

> How is excluding tax frauds a "net loss for the nation"? Calling this tax fraud is... I guess true, but kind of odd and silly. Two people making $X/2 will in almost all cases pay more taxes while receiving fewer benefits than one person making $X. If you wanted to pay fewer taxes, you wouldn't use this scheme except in a few strange edge cases. I don't think the brothers are sharing a passport, a driver's license, and tax filings in order to reduce their tax bill... (Reading between the lines, since you didn't seem to pick up on it: one of the brothers is an undocumented immigrant. The goal is not tax minimization... the two brothers are paying more taxes while receiving fewer benefits in order to avoid deportation of the undocumented brother.)