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Illegals Steal Billions from US VIA Tax Returns!

I saw this last week and almost posted it myself. And to think that some people want more and bigger government. This is another prime example of government waste and ineptitude. But let's keep allowing illegal immigrants into the US so they can steal taxpayer $$$$$$$$$$$.
 

But but its costing money to fight the sheriff who wants to enforce the laws.

Sounds like a no win situation. You either spend the money fighting the laws and enforcement of said laws or you let them steal it from you.
 
Well, actually it would be the government stealing your money. How else does it end up there?
 
Billions stolen? You would have to have millions of illegals with ITNs claiming kids. There are to date no credible numbers of ITINs given by the SSA; or the number if undocumented workers claiming the child credit. We have a whole lot of guesstamations...most of which are wild guesses.
 

ITIN's are issued by the IRS not the SSA.
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)

while the report is a few years old, it has some interesting findings.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04529t.pdf

IRS has concluded that most resident aliens who have ITINs and earn wage income are not legally employed in the United States.
 

Your conclusion doesnt change the facts. It is not legal for undocwkrs to work in the US, but it is also illegal for them NOT to file taxes with the SSA...Go figure. My observation was that in order for SSA to be paying out BILLIONS in child credit returns there would have to be millions of Undoc wkrs claiming this deduction. Does anyone have proof of that?
 
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The bigger problem with illegal aliens is this:

They have jobs to come to in the US.

When that changes, then there won't be such rip-offs to complain about.
 
Many people, who work and pay 0 in federal income taxes, can receive tax refunds for thousands of dollars.
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Yeah, but you have to by making income and reporting it to the government, which means your working and registered, which means your paying taxes just like any other legal citizen.

But many immigrants DO pay taxes.



Over 50% also pay federal taxes, and they are also adding billions to social security http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/b...r=1&ex=1270353600&en=78c87ac4641dc383&ei=5090

Not only that they also boost the economy with cheap labor, and spending their money here, adding billions in consumer demand (since they are generally poor, they spend a higher percentage of their income).

Enough immigrant scapegoating and fearmongering.
 
RGacky3 said:
Yeah, but you have to by making income and reporting it to the government, which means your working and registered, which means your paying taxes just like any other legal citizen.
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Ummm no.
When you make enough to get EITC and other refundable tax credits, your effective tax rate is in the negative.
Which means you will receive more money from the government, than you paid in.


RGacky3 said:
But many immigrants DO pay taxes.
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I know and I never said that they didn't.


Who are you talking to?
I'm not scapegoating or fear mongering anything.
I simply reported the factual truth.
 
Ummm no.
When you make enough to get EITC and other refundable tax credits, your effective tax rate is in the negative.
Which means you will receive more money from the government, than you paid in.
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Which means that they are not making money under the table, which means that they are not "stealing" money via tax returns ANYMORE than any low income worker.

Who are you talking to?
I'm not scapegoating or fear mongering anything.
I simply reported the factual truth.
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The implication is that they are somehow defrauding us and getting free money, when in reality they are just functioning like any low income worker.
 
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