It is now widely reported that there are more than 24 million illegal aliens in the United States of America and that is a huge burden on the American taxpayer at a time when taxes must be paid. However, some people believe that all of these illegal aliens are paying income taxes, withholdings, social security, and other taxes. An advocate for open borders and illegal immigration stated;

“How stupid you are, can you also make the calculations that 24 million Mexicans pay taxes in the United States and you want to kick them out? The country will run out of money.”

I’m not sure exactly why they called me stupid on this controversial political blog, but I considered the challenge of clarifying this guy and said; “Well okay Mr. J Morales, let’s say 24 million illegal aliens are paying” sales tax “on the things they buy and some of the companies they are working for collect payroll taxes, most are not, But surely some do it well, so you have a good point here. “

So let’s say the difference between those who pay payroll taxes through withholding and those who don’t is just a loss to our government of $ 2-3 billion a month, right? Not a big deal, every American citizen in this case can be happy to pay for the discrepancy and should only add 5% to their taxes, which means that if they pay $ 20,000 per year, it is only $ 1,000 more. All Americans should be very happy to pay that $ 1,000 per year. and why not allow more people to come illegally and double it in 5 years so we only have to pay $ 2,000 a year, good stuff, great economic thinking indeed. We should appoint you economic chief. So consider all of this in 2006.