[Choose Ye This Day]

I don't know what % gets paid in cash. The only ones I ever see (and I see many) are on payroll. I know they are, because that's why I'm there at their employer's company, to talk with them about their 401(k) plan. (The illegals, obviously, don't want to participate in a 401, as they are using false SS #'s. Usually, they're using a cousin's or a friend's, or someone who has since gone back to Mexico.) Perhaps a third of illegals are paid in cash; I doubt it's any higher. Personally, I think it's closer to 10%, but that's just a gut feeling.

I am not one arguing that illegal labor contributes more than it takes. Quite the contrary. I'm only trying to state the facts: Most illegals DO pay into the Social Security system (as do their employers) via the payroll tax. Some on this thread don't want to accept this minor, but technically accurate, fact.

[sarcasm]

Of course some do. They are known to cause the real holders of the SSN massive problems with the IRS when the earnings of 50 people show up under their number.