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You don’t want people to come in for 6 months, work below minimum wage and then take all that cash abroad without paying taxes. That would be a bigger drain on
by darth_avocado 2y ago
You don’t want people to come in for 6 months, work below minimum wage and then take all that cash abroad without paying taxes. That would be a bigger drain on the economy than the supposed waste of govt resources.
- TimorousBestie 2y agoMmm, she’s getting the whole border patrol indefinite incarceration oubliette treatment, it’s not going to take long to rack up more cost than your hypothetical taxes on 6mo @ <=7.25/hr. But sure, if the ‘tourists’ are working for a company en masse, I can see how that could be a problem. The feds will probably do better going after the company, in my estimation. For some reason they don’t seem to do that very often. Self-employment or bartering (as happened here), well, that doesn’t make sense to me to prosecute.
- darth_avocado 2y agoYou’re looking at one case and arguing “one person couldn’t hurt much”. But that argument could be made for a million cases individually. But together, that will amount to a lot. And it’s not just taxes, those are wages another citizen could be making. We have work visas, which already face a lot of opposition. Why should we then be okay with tourists working and taking up American jobs?
- anigbrowl 2y ago>6 months >work below minimum wage >all that cash ~$6000?