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To: pcx99
pay taxes both sales and property

Not necessarily. If the people actually file taxes, California provides a renters' credit to offset the property taxes that renters pay indirectly through rent payments.

California provides many benefits to low income people. Illegal aliens claim those benefits disproportionately, since CA offers many of the benefits without regard to immigration status. Education is one social service that the feds require CA to provide to illegal aliens, but CA has its own share of blame for luring illegal aliens with many other social benefits.

Illegal aliens with more money usually try to normalize their status (through several past amnesties or amnesty-like programs) and be right with the law. The rest are in violation of our laws.

49 posted on 06/21/2004 6:43:23 PM PDT by heleny
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To: heleny
At last! A sensible argument :) I didn't know about the rebate (I live in Texas, similar situation but less explosive than it apparently is in california). Even still, they will be paying taxes through sales and wire and income and medicare. Since I don't know the legality of filing a california return as an illegal immigrant I won't comment on that.

But even if an illegal alien knows the tax code well enough to file for the renters credit (and in my book anyone who can figure out a tax form is probably smart enough to be a great citizen) they're still contributing their fair share of taxes through other forms of taxation (sales tax, income tax, medicare, social security (last 3 unless employer is breaking the law), phone taxes especially on international calls, even those who support friends and relatives back home get hit with wire transfer taxes and fees.

The government is remarkably good at soaking, I think on that we can all agree :)

51 posted on 06/21/2004 6:49:35 PM PDT by pcx99
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