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Originally Posted by dc_dux
The FICA tax contributions of illegals comes from the Social Security Admin and I think it was more around 75%....$7 billion in the last year reported. The federal/state income taxes from a CBO report.
And I directed the AZ law question to you since you were the one who posted:
"Arizona isn't doing anything other than giving law enforcement authority to enforce a federal law that is already on the books. title 8 section Sec. 1357"
I have no problem with addressing the illegal worker issue, if it is done in a Constitutionally acceptable manner.
A fiscally acceptable manner makes sense to me as well.....providing a path to citizenship (not amnesty) makes far more sense, is cheaper, and generates more tax revenue that attempting to deport 12+ million people.
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Well, actually I was quoting someone else in that statement, but it is hard to follow.
The challenge in a non-deportation solution is that it is difficult to assess the penalty (both compensatory for lost tax revenues and punitive) on those for whom you have absolutely no records prior to their coming out of the woodworks.
As with all other licensing crimes, which is essentially what this is, you have to pay a penalty for not getting the correct permits plus unpaid taxes plus interest on unpaid taxes, etc. I don't know if the amount of bureaucracy surrounding those indeterminate numbers and the subsequent collections issues are cheaper than the "bygones and be gone" solution. ~shrug~ I don't know which is fiscally cheaper.