[MegaSilver]

Hmm... good points.

But ANY kind of amnesty needs to be accompanied by a crackdown on our borders.

What's more, the government has appeared to promise to enforce its anti-hiring laws in the past, but backed down due to pressure from the left. That's the real reason I'm against an amnesty: they need to prove that they'll enforce the laws we have before we make the system even more complex.

[summer]

But ANY kind of amnesty needs to be accompanied by a crackdown on our borders.

yes, re the borders issue, again, especially in this age of terrorism. And, BTW, I am not even thinking in terms of "amensty" -- more of a deliberate weeding out of those with criminal backgrounds and from terrorist nations, and fgor those already employed who remain, a timed chance to earn citzenship -- and that's it, when time runs out, they are out, too. I know that may sound harsh to some, but I honestly think that is fair. 19 years of not paying taxes and earning a living under the table is ridiculous.

[summer]

Finally,m after seeing something recently on Drudge saying "60%" of all US corporations paid no taxes whatsoever, and knowing that illegals / undocumented workers are paying no taxes, I feel like I am the only one paying my fair share. Is it any wonder social security and medicare and other programs will all possibly go bust right about the time I may well need those services? Maybe I should be like US corporations and illegals and stop paying taxes, because they are not foolishly tossing their money down the drain like I feel sometimes I am here with respect to those perhaps soon to be extinct programs.