I will try to find the study later on today. The gist of it was that most illegal immigrant pay taxes and yet are barred by statute from receiving services, Just now I have to go tho, spent too much time on this already.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Brian Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dana. When you say "Most do in fact pay taxes and receive no > services at all" what do you mean? > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> actually...I'd like to see some documentation for the don't pay taxes, >> drain the social services thing. Most do in fact pay taxes and receive >> no services at all, from what I have read. I'm not saying illegal >> immigration is a *good* thing, but the Arizona law is trying to solve >> a phantom problem. >> >>>> Using your example above, of a 'law abiding' illegal immigrant (which >>>> is an oxymoron), would you be OK with them being arrested for tax >>>> evasion? If they work here, and do not pay taxes, nor report that >>>> income, it is a crime. The mere fact that someone is here illegally >>>> makes it impossible for them to be 'law abiding'. They will not pay >>>> taxes. They will not report income to the IRS. They break the law >>>> every minute they are here. That is not someone I would call 'law >>>> abiding'. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316769 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
