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I got three comments.

First, your reasoning is sound. A consumption based tax would be better to force illegals to pay their fare share. But, there is no way in * that any sane conservative would let the government create a whole new way to legally steal money from us without permanently and totally eliminating the old method of legally stealing money from us first. You would have to be stupid to give the government permission to steel from us in two different ways. They already take way too much.

Second, the best way to keep illegals from raping our country is to KEEP THEM OUT OF HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Third, you are sadly mistaken about illegal mexicans being such high caliber people. Certainly, there is a spectrum. Certainly there are good and bad, just as there are good and bad in any group of people. But for the most part, ILLEGAL mexicans/hondurans/central american latinos are basically poor, illiterate, unskilled, and prone to criminal behavior. I'll tell you why they are so stubborn about learning english. It's because they CAN'T READ! Not only can they not read english, but they can't even read spanish. Being illiterate in your native toungue is a huge handicap if you are trying to learn a second language. In fact, it pretty much makes it impossible. If you go into their homes, you will see they are not americans, they do not wish to be americans, and they have desire whatsoever to learn anything about america or what it means to be american. They couldn't care less about the freedoms this country fights for, dies for, and holds dear. They are mexicans and they will remain mexicans untill the day they die. They are only here because they see they can get newer stuff easy, if not free, if they come here. That's it. That's their only motive. If you give a mexican employee a sizable bonus check, He'll run off to mexico and live like a king for a month or two showing off to all his old buddies and relatives and making more illegitimate babies. Then he'll come sneaking back accross the border when the money runs out. THat fact right there should tell you all you need to know about their motives.

...totally eliminating the old method of legally stealing money from us first.

I'm a big flat tax advocate. I'm all for putting the IRS and a lot of accountants out of business.

KEEP THEM OUT OF HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Enforcement doesn't seem to be our strong suit. The VAT is another deterrent besides the law that hits the illegal in the wallet.

you are sadly mistaken about illegal mexicans being such high caliber people.

Although I've been told it's hard to tell, the second sentence was referring to all immigrants- legal and illegal. See posts 24 and 43 for clarification.