True or not?

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Why don't those of you who are making this observation also provide your opinions of the topic to get it started? It's always silly to just remind everyone that the topic isn't being discussed.

Because, in this case, I don't have an opinion that I care to share or that I think anyone is interested in.

It's just a waste of my time scrolling through the quotes to see if anyone does have an opinion I might find interesting.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Because, in this case, I don't have an opinion that I care to share or that I think anyone is interested in.

It's just a waste of my time scrolling through the quotes to see if anyone does have an opinion I might find interesting.

Then you're just here shooting the shit like we are.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Then you're just here shooting the shit like we are.

Pretty much.

But I do like to read opinions that might help to shape mine, so when the topic goes completely off track -- sometimes simply because of personalities -- it can get frustrating.

Complaining about posting entire articles and then quoting the whole post makes no sense to me at all, though.

[Tom Earp]

There two sets of laws here and do intertwin.

Breaking into a house is against the law.

Coming to this country is against the law if not properly done.

So, the tax money I spend on illegals is no different than yours.

Whom does that hurt?

I guess all of us.

DA you are correct, no one wants to discuss it, just attack the poster.

[skylark]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

So, the tax money I spend on illegals is no different than yours.

Neither are the taxes that illegal immigrants pay to support the government programs that benefit all of us.

I really dislike it when people assume that illegal immigrants are all freeloaders when most are working and paying taxes just like the rest of us. Illegal immigration is what happens when the immigration system makes it too difficult and cumbersome for people to get into the country legally. We shouldn't pretend like these people broke the law because they were too lazy to fill out some paperwork or something. For impovershed people from certain countries, it is incredibly difficult to get in legally and can take decades, if ever, to get in (if it weren't, why would people literally risk their lives to get in here?) And maybe your answer is that these people just shouldn't be able to get in, but I really don't think that a closed system like that will ever be successful. If you want people to follow the law in achieving X, you have to make it possible. If it is impossible, what is the incentive to follow the law?

[jwright25]

Originally Posted by skylark

I really dislike it when people assume that illegal immigrants are all freeloaders when most are working and paying taxes just like the rest of us.

Not being an ass here.... I just genuinely don't know. How do illegal immigrants pay income tax without a social security number? And if they have a SSN, how do they get it without a US birth certificate or citizenship paperwork?

I can see that they are paying sales taxes on anything they purchase in the US.