As Rush put it, when the minority that don't pay taxes becomes the majority, it's all over.
I think you shouldn't be able to vote if you don't pay Federal Income Tax. There's a word for Representation without Taxation -- Tyranny.
I still can't support the NRST because if the Income tax is not completely abolished to go along with it, we just wind up with a new tax.
I have to admit, I shake my head when some in Congress and even on Fox News talk about how McCain/Kennedy is not an amnesty because they'll have to pay some fines and back taxes.
The fines discussed amount to $1000 - $2500. A token. And how will the "back taxes" be calculated ? Does anybody really believe these people that have worked off the books for years will report enough income to owe any income taxes ? Even if they had been legal all along, they wouldn't have owed much, if any, income taxes. Heck, they might have even gotten back all their SS/M taxes via the EITC.
So they can be legalized, pay no taxes, and join the ranks of Democrats voting for cake-and-circuses at my expense ? No thanks.
Federal and State governments take 40% of my income in taxes. Any talk about illegals "paying their back taxes" should start right there -- 40% of all income they've ever earned while in the US illegally. Plus the same penalties that you or I would owe if we'd failed to report our income and pay our taxes on time. These new citizens would end up with the IRS garnishing 50% of their wages for the rest of their lives. Somehow, I think all these aliens that claim they are willing to pay their "back taxes" would disappear into the woodwork.