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Re:Why America has so few carpenters by usrn on Monday May 23, 2022 @06:55AM (#31477414)
Not to mention illegal immigrants willing to work for half the going market rate because they're not paying taxes.
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Re:Why America has so few carpenters by boppo1 on Monday May 23, 2022 @01:45PM (#31482347)
I thought it was shown that in aggregate, illegal immigrants do pay as much or more tax than comparable income demos for citizens.
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Re:Why America has so few carpenters by usrn on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @10:56AM (#31492949)
1) I know a number of illegal immigrants and they do not pay taxes.

2) They couldn't anyway even if they wanted to since they don't have a tax ID.

3) Since their employer is already breaking the law by hiring them paying taxes doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

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