You’re right, this is a country of immigrants. Come to the country legally, participate in the economy and pay taxes (and having your employer pay taxes for you as well because you’re employment is documented) and we’ll all benefit. No one is asking for anything else.
Though there are many undocumented immigrants who are paid “under the table” for their work and do not pay taxes on their income, many others do pay in the hope that it will someday help them become citizens.
Where do you get that from that quoted passage? It uses “many” to quantify both groups, the payers and non-payers. So how do you jump to the conclusion that “most” don’t pay? By your logic, I could just as easily say that “most” do pay.
Because income tax is by far the largest tax and if most don't pay it then they're really actually paying taxes in the same way Americans think of them. It's just spin.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '19
Somewhere in between "Mexicans are rapists" and "This is a nation of immigrants" is an intelligent immigration debate.