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|    Mitchell Holman to MeanDog@stonewall.Dash    |
|    Re: Why Trump is deploying the national     |
|    23 Nov 25 02:47:48    |
      [continued from previous message]              >>>>>>>>>> will not benefit from. Who is benefiting?       >>>>>>>>>> It's American citizens."       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> For instance, the surge of immigrants       >>>>>>>>>> in recent years is expected to boost       >>>>>>>>>> Social Security's revenues by $348       >>>>>>>>>> billion between 2024 and 2034,       >>>>>>>>>> according to a Congressional Budget       >>>>>>>>>> Office analysis released last year.       >>>>>>>>>> Over the same period, these folks       >>>>>>>>>> will collect only about $1 billion,       >>>>>>>>>> the CBO projected.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/01/politics/undocumented-       >>immigrant       >>>>>>>>>> s- social-security       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> CNN??? Really?       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> Yes. Unless you have other figures to post?       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Knowing that I cannot depend on CNN offering honest and accurate       >>>>>>> information does not require anything beyond an understanding of       >>>>>>> what CNN is.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> On the other hand, I've no issue with you believing whatever you       >>>>>>> need to believe about CNN and what they tell you.       >>>>>>       >>>>>>Still can't post any figures, eh?       >>>>>>       >>>>>>Maybe this will help you:       >>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>>https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/       >>>>>       >>>>       >>>> Proof deleted by "Collectivism", restored.       >>>>       >>>>       >>>>* Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and       >>>>local taxes in 2022. Most of that amount, $59.4 billion, was paid to       >>the       >>>>federal government while the remaining $37.3 billion was paid to       >>>>state and local governments.       >>>>       >>>>* Undocumented immigrants paid federal, state, and local taxes of       >>$8,889       >>>>per person in 2022. In other words, for every 1 million undocumented       >>>>immigrants who reside in the country, public services receive $8.9       >>>>billion in additional tax revenue.       >>>>       >>>>* More than a third of the tax dollars paid by undocumented       >>>>immigrants go toward payroll taxes dedicated to funding programs       >>>>that these       >>workers       >>>>are barred from accessing. Undocumented immigrants paid $25.7       >>>>billion       >>in       >>>>Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8       >>>>billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022.       >>>>       >>>>* At the state and local levels, slightly less than half (46       >>>>percent,       >>or       >>>>$15.1 billion) of the tax payments made by undocumented immigrants       >>>>are through sales and excise taxes levied on their purchases. Most       >>>>other payments are made through property taxes, such as those levied       >>>>on homeowners and renters (31 percent, or $10.4 billion), or through       >>>>personal and business income taxes (21 percent, or $7.0 billion).       >>>>       >>>>* Six states raised more than $1 billion each in tax revenue from       >>>>undocumented immigrants living within their borders. Those states       >>>>are California ($8.5 billion), Texas ($4.9 billion), New York ($3.1       >>>>billion), Florida ($1.8 billion), Illinois ($1.5 billion), and New       >>>>Jersey ($1.3 billion).       >>>>       >>>>* In a large majority of states (40), undocumented immigrants pay       >>higher       >>>>state and local tax rates than the top 1 percent of households       >>>>living within their borders.       >>>>       >>>>* Income tax payments by undocumented immigrants are affected by       >>>>laws that require them to pay more than otherwise similarly situated       >>>>U.S. citizens. Undocumented immigrants are often barred from       >>>>receiving meaningful tax credits and sometimes do not claim refunds       >>>>they are owed due to lack of awareness, concern about their       >>>>immigration status, or insufficient access to tax preparation       >>>>assistance.       >>>>       >>>>* Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants       >>>>would increase their tax contributions both because their wages       >>>>would rise and because their rates of tax compliance would increase.       >>>>Under a scenario where work authorization is provided to all current       >>>>undocumented immigrants, their tax contributions would rise by $40.2       >>>>billion per year to $136.9 billion. Most of the new revenue raised       >>>>in this scenario ($33.1 billion) would flow to the federal       >>>>government       >>while       >>>>the remainder ($7.1 billion) would flow to states and localities.       >>>>       >>>>       >>>>> |
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