It doesn't matter if they "pay taxes" if they cost more than they put in. If I make $36k/yr doing the kind of string together mcjobs you do at that income leve

It doesn't matter if they "pay taxes" if they cost more than they put in. If I make $36k/yr doing the kind of string together mcjobs you do at that income level, pay $0 in effective income taxes, pay 10k of consumption taxes and I cost the taxpayer $20k in benefits then the state is $10k in the hole per person who lives that way. You multiply these people and the result is obvious.