Posted on 04/26/2019 6:19:36 AM PDT by conservative98
At a CNN Town Hall earlier this week, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed that illegal immigrants subsidize citizens and legal residents because they pay taxes without reaping federal benefits.
His claim is way off.
A clip is available from CNSNews here.
“I would be delighted to have more people,” Buttigieg said. “We only have 100,000 because so many people left after the auto factories collapsed in the ’60s. We’ve got plenty of room for more residents and taxpayers who want to help fund the snowplowing and firefighters that I’ve got to have for 130,000 people’s worth of city, with only 100,000 people to pay for it.”
“And let us not forget that in many respects, from property taxes to sales taxes, undocumented immigrants are taxpayers, and the truth is, in many respects, because they are not eligible for a lot of benefits,” the Democratic mayor added, “they are subsidizing the rest of us, which is just one more reason we’ve got to get this sorted out.”
This talking point has been floating around the immigration debate for a while. But are illegal immigrants indeed paying payroll, property, and sales taxes while using no government services and receiving no government benefits?
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Mayor Pete, just another idiot https://t.co/r3ZhTas9hL— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) April 26, 2019
What a DUMBASS!! The ILLEGALS get $108 BILLION from WE, the US Taxpayers!!
If he believes that he truly is an idiot and the people of south Bend are morons. Not only should he not be president, he should be recalled
How?? They came here for the free stuff.
They “pay taxes” that they get back by claiming fraudulent child tax and earned income credits
He’s not the stupid one. The voters who elected him are the stupid ones, and he only has to have them believe his lies and re-elect him! And......... they will. Leftists, marxists, democrats... they’re all very stupid anymore.
undocumented immigrants are taxpayers..
How so? They can’t legally work, so the get paid under the table for working the corn fields and pig farms. So, if by paying sales tax on a 6-pack of Budweiser, he means taxpayer, then he might be a little right. But they aren’t paying into FICA or SS. If they are, they’re doing it with a stolen or fraudulent number.
But, the one thing that gets me about all these liberals is, they think these immigrants, whether legal or illegal, latin or muslim, will remain loyal. Liberals like Buttigieg think that these people will continue to vote for them and keep them in the seats of power for infinity. History will show that everywhere they’ve ever took root, mostly at the invitation of the Dem party, eventually they took over. Yes, their Reps will run on the Dem ticket, as there is no other one for them to run on, really, and they don’t need to run on another one. Does anyone think that if a white liberal decided to primary a hispanic incumbent in South Texas, that they would stand a chance. These folks aren’t that dumb. They align with the Dem’s for the money. And they, in turn, turn the tables on the Dem’s for even more money.
Eventually, they bite the hands that have fed them, when their numbers are large enough that they don’t have to worry about anything. It will happen soon in Detroit and Minneapolis.
Buttgigger likely couldn’t win a congressional seat in his own district, let alone win his home state in a Presidential race
Trump won Indiana by 19%
Hillary only won Butgiggers St. Joseph county by 200 votes out of 100,000 cast
Doesn’t this guy speak Spanish?
+1x1010 This needs shouting from the rooftops. The ONLY way illegals would be paying Federal taxes is through stolen identities.
He’s not an idiot, he’s a LIAR.
Quit giving these Marxists the benefit of the doubt!
Buttigieg is doing that ‘wishful thinking’ thing that makes democrats into fools..
I’m thinking, how hard could it be to investigate this?
The President asks SocSec Admin to get a list of SSNs that are being used at different companies, simultaneously. Easy, I think. SSN is being used by one person working at Taco Bell, another person working construction, another person working at Applebee’s, another person working for a landscaper, another person working at a meat processing plant. Have SocSec Investigators[they have their own, armed investigators] show up to each place on a Tuesday and ask to interview that person. And have him/her produce their SS card. EZ-PZ. Business doesn’t even have to get in trouble, the first time, but they are encouraged to take part in the EVerify program.
Take each of them into custody for fraud, Identity theft and a quick flight out of the country. You’ll see folks dropping like flies once a few of these stories start getting around.
As a US citizen can I limit my tax payments to merely my property tax and sales tax without quitting my job?
The same people who support bernie sanders... a man who has three houses but is a socialist? funny lol.
I think Mayor Booty-Plug is full of it - and I’m not referring to his “husband’s” manhood.
Buttgood is obviously making the case for slavery.
Yeah, that Mayor Poof’t Buttcheese... he’s a real piece of work, ain’t he?
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