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To: SilentZ who wrote (349543)	9/6/2007 4:33:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573963

>In addition, there is a significant cost to not having these 12 million people on the books. Yeah, but they absolutely should be on the books... if the companies aren't paying the taxes on them, we need to go after the companies. You seem to miss the point that flying under the radar is good not only for the corporations. >Most don't have car insurance. When there is an accident and if the insurance company goes after them, they leave the country. When they have a health problem or a pregnancy, they go to the local emergency room. Do you think they pay the bill? Rarely. They should be paying taxes. In fact, maybe the taxes should be higher for someone who doesn't live here (or at least they should have a minimum income tax threshold of some sort). Again, you seem to miss the point.....not paying taxes is what makes working here so lucrative for illegals. It is estimated that illegals send over $40 billion out of this country every year. How can that possibly be a good thing for the US? It's not. But there are ways to mitigate that. How's that? In the end, Americans pick up the tab with higher car and health insurance premiums and higher taxes. That may be okay for you but it isn't for me. The things that corporations do on the other side of the divide raise those premiums and taxes much more. I'm much more concerned about that, just like I'm much more concerned about corporate welfare than I am about poor people on welfare or more concerned about corporate fraud than welfare fraud. I am concerned with both since both hurt me in the wallet.