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pls
10/13/19 4:25:32 PM
#51:


Damn_Underscore posted...
The ban on using illegal alien as an insult was seriously overreacted to by the media. It applies to employers, business owners, etc., not the general public. And it only applies when used as an insult.

I think if someone pays taxes, they should be able to get benefits like this. However, I have no idea how you would document all this for someone who is here illegally. Also this bill was created by someone who wants open borders so I will not give it the benefit of the doubt.


Even if a portion pay taxes, many do not. And that tax revenue is not enough to fund this. Anyone using these benefits would not be contributing much if anything in taxes.

It would literally require taking money from citizens and giving it to whoever manages to sneak in and mooch off the system.
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:26:08 PM
#52:


pls posted...
And you think that this much gdp means what exactly? That we can just open the borders, house everyone, and give everyone welfare benefits? What is your point exactly?


If the whole world lives here then we also have all the money in the world. The more people who live here, the more taxes people pay which means the more welfare programs we can afford.

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pls
10/13/19 4:26:40 PM
#53:


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You want to bust your ass to fund someone else's life? In the context where this will invite in basically everyone (keep in mind she and her supporters want open borders)
I'm not funding anyone's life. I'm funding the US Government. The government spends that money on things that benefit people who are not me but they spend a lot more on things that benefit me so it all works out in my favor anyway.


You know exactly what I meant, no need to pretend to not understand what we are saying. The government would use money it takes from citizens to benefit people who came here illegally, who are then weighing down the welfare system and taking away opportunity and resources from our own.
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pls
10/13/19 4:27:38 PM
#54:


Tyranthraxus posted...
pls posted...
And you think that this much gdp means what exactly? That we can just open the borders, house everyone, and give everyone welfare benefits? What is your point exactly?


If the whole world lives here then we also have all the money in the world. The more people who live here, the more taxes people pay which means the more welfare programs we can afford.


So you want all of the world's population to come to America? That somehow there is enough work and resources to do that without completely destabilizing and upending what we know of life? All these years I thought you were a serious poster.
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:28:19 PM
#55:


pls posted...
Even if a portion pay taxes, many do not.


That's incorrect. Even if you make so little money that you pay specifically no income tax (or loophole your way around it), there's no way to avoid sales tax, vat taxes, etc.

Unless you have literally no money at all including welfare money.

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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:29:18 PM
#56:


pls posted...
So you want all of the world's population to come to America? That somehow there is enough work and resources to do that without completely destabilizing and upending what we know of life? All these years I thought you were a serious poster.
I'm not the one who suggested this bill would result in the entire population of the planet moving to America.

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pls
10/13/19 4:30:06 PM
#57:


Tyranthraxus posted...
pls posted...
Even if a portion pay taxes, many do not.


That's incorrect. Even if you make so little money that you pay specifically no income tax (or loophole your way around it), there's no way to avoid sales tax, vat taxes, etc.

Unless you have literally no money at all including welfare money.


We don't have VAT tax here. And sales tax as far as I know it does not contribute to these federal programs. It's also too small a tax to fund such benefits at the state level.

The net result of such a bill would be a massive burden on citizens.
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pls
10/13/19 4:30:37 PM
#58:


Tyranthraxus posted...
pls posted...
So you want all of the world's population to come to America? That somehow there is enough work and resources to do that without completely destabilizing and upending what we know of life? All these years I thought you were a serious poster.
I'm not the one who suggested this bill would result in the entire population of the planet moving to America.


But you are justifying it by implying our gdp is high enough to afford it and by saying more people living here would represent a larger tax base.
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Machete
10/13/19 4:32:33 PM
#60:


pls posted...
Tyranthraxus posted...
pls posted...
And you think that this much gdp means what exactly? That we can just open the borders, house everyone, and give everyone welfare benefits? What is your point exactly?


If the whole world lives here then we also have all the money in the world. The more people who live here, the more taxes people pay which means the more welfare programs we can afford.


So you want all of the world's population to come to America? That somehow there is enough work and resources to do that without completely destabilizing and upending what we know of life? All these years I thought you were a serious poster.


That sounds fucking awesome. Force all citizens of Earth to be American. That's not just open borders that's like SUPER-open borders. Nothing could be more perfect than that imho...
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Pancake
10/13/19 4:32:45 PM
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eh. human beings are human beings. if you can help, you're obligated, aren't you?
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:33:09 PM
#62:


pls posted...
We don't have VAT tax here. And sales tax as far as I know it does not contribute to these federal programs. It's also too small a tax to fund such benefits at the state level.
Yeah we do. Vat taxes are paid by businesses so you never see them personally. Sales tax is big enough contributor that Florida gets almost all of its taxes from sales and has no state income tax.

The state sales tax in Florida is 6%

It's 7% in Georgia but I still have to pay income tax.

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uwnim
10/13/19 4:33:26 PM
#63:


pls posted...
uwnim posted...
That doesn't really seem like a good idea.


The left has gone off the deep end. It is just completely unreasonable. Thankfully Bernie said he opposes open borders and I would hope he opposes this too.

Can have a welfare state or open borders. Not both.

Yeah, if you have a welfare state, you'd need to be able to accurately tell what your expected future expenditures are and need to balance cultivating resource pools with the resource drains. Letting anyone come here and then letting them join the drain side doesn't work out.
You can have open borders in the sense that anyone is allowed to come visit, but not in the anyone is allowed to be considered living here.

Instead of trying to jump straight to their perceived end-point, I feel that people on the left should attempt to harness the capitalistic system to bring about an environmentally friendly society with near zero production costs.
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Tmaster148
10/13/19 4:34:34 PM
#64:


Basically this topic is proudclad bitching about what he believes the left wing wants so he can validate his xenophobia.
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uwnim
10/13/19 4:35:36 PM
#65:


Machete posted...
pls posted...
Tyranthraxus posted...
pls posted...
And you think that this much gdp means what exactly? That we can just open the borders, house everyone, and give everyone welfare benefits? What is your point exactly?


If the whole world lives here then we also have all the money in the world. The more people who live here, the more taxes people pay which means the more welfare programs we can afford.


So you want all of the world's population to come to America? That somehow there is enough work and resources to do that without completely destabilizing and upending what we know of life? All these years I thought you were a serious poster.


That sounds fucking awesome. Force all citizens of Earth to be American. That's not just open borders that's like SUPER-open borders. Nothing could be more perfect than that imho...

That isn't really open borders. That's a different sort of closed, as in you can enter, but never leave. <___< Tyranthraxus posted...
Yeah we do. Vat taxes are paid by businesses so you never see them personally. Sales tax is big enough contributor that Florida gets almost all of its taxes from sales and has no state income tax.

Reminder that Florida gets well over a hundred million tourists a year who proceed to buy stuff and contribute to the tax base.
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pls
10/13/19 4:36:02 PM
#66:


Pancake posted...
eh. human beings are human beings. if you can help, you're obligated, aren't you?


Americans are already the most charitable people last I checked. That doesn't mean we are obligated to slave away for other people's benefit. There has to be a limit to it, otherwise individuals have no freedom to thrive and enjoy life.

shockthemonkey posted...
Until the federal government starts enforcing laws against people who employ illegal immigrants, Im not going to be mad at a bill that will never pass.


Can't you ask for those laws to be fixed while also shutting down nonsense on your own side?
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY
10/13/19 4:36:37 PM
#67:


This is a huge insult to all the honest people who got into this country the legal/right way, and to all native US citizens who are honst tax payers.

There is nothing good about open boarders and even less good giving illegals the same benefits people who were born here or legally became US citizens for those benefits.

All this does is tell illegals not to become citizens and encourages others to just come in the wrong way.
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:36:53 PM
#68:


pls posted...
But you are justifying it by implying our gdp is high enough to afford it and by saying more people living here would represent a larger tax base.
No I'm saying the idea that we could have an increase of population without an increase in economy is unrealistic. The absurd hypothetical situation was posited in a way that suggests we would have to pay for 7 billion people using our current economy.

I'm saying if 7 billion people came here, our economy would grow and we could afford a lot more than what we can now. They can't actually come here though because we don't have the physical space for them. But if some smaller amount of people come here, they contribute to our economy in smaller amounts.

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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:37:55 PM
#69:


RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...
This is a huge insult to all the honest people who got into this country the legal/right way,
"Born here or are celebrities"


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Unsugarized_Foo
10/13/19 4:38:13 PM
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I wish I got half the shit illegals got
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:39:32 PM
#71:


Unsugarized_Foo posted...
I wish I got half the shit illegals got


If you want half the shit illegals got you can go to the country they fled.

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pls
10/13/19 4:39:58 PM
#72:


Tyranthraxus posted...
No I'm saying the idea that we could have an increase of population without an increase in economy is unrealistic


This bill would incentive people who come here just to take advantage of the welfare state, or mostly people who consume less than they contribute.
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Damn_Underscore
10/13/19 4:40:33 PM
#73:


pls posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...
The ban on using illegal alien as an insult was seriously overreacted to by the media. It applies to employers, business owners, etc., not the general public. And it only applies when used as an insult.

I think if someone pays taxes, they should be able to get benefits like this. However, I have no idea how you would document all this for someone who is here illegally. Also this bill was created by someone who wants open borders so I will not give it the benefit of the doubt.


Even if a portion pay taxes, many do not. And that tax revenue is not enough to fund this. Anyone using these benefits would not be contributing much if anything in taxes.

It would literally require taking money from citizens and giving it to whoever manages to sneak in and mooch off the system.


Yeah that's a good point.

I think becoming a resident of the US should be a simpler process; that would fix a lot of these issues. It sucks for illegal immigrants who are living a legitimate life in the US, but it is simply unfair that they are here while other people aren't who also want to immigrate to the US but are following the immigration process and are stuck in that bureaucracy.
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Unsugarized_Foo
10/13/19 4:41:52 PM
#74:


Tyranthraxus posted...
Unsugarized_Foo posted...
I wish I got half the shit illegals got


If you want half the shit illegals got you can go to the country they fled.


I already got a Ford and a sunburn tho
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:42:16 PM
#75:


pls posted...
This bill would incentive people who come here just to take advantage of the welfare state, or mostly people who consume less than they contribute.


The amount of people who are smart enough to take advantage of a foreign country's welfare system is incredibly tiny and they're also probably savvy enough to navigate immigration anyway.

Most people who come here don't even know what benefits we even have. Which are not automatic and need to be applied for.

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Vicious_Dios
10/13/19 4:42:28 PM
#76:


It's not surprising that the usual peeps defend this garbage bill. Jesus Christ.
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pls
10/13/19 4:43:35 PM
#77:


Damn_Underscore posted...

Yeah that's a good point.

I think becoming a resident of the US should be a simpler process; that would fix a lot of these issues. It sucks for illegal immigrants who are living a legitimate life in the US, but it is simply unfair that they are here while other people aren't who also want to immigrate to the US but are following the immigration process and are stuck in that bureaucracy.


Nah, if it's too easy then anyone can come here and we run into the same problem.

It had to be selective, just like Canada and the Norwegian countries and other countries the left wants us to emulate.

If anyone can come here for any reason, with citizenship being just "Sign here please" at the border, that is still open borders.
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pls
10/13/19 4:44:37 PM
#79:


Tyranthraxus posted...
pls posted...
This bill would incentive people who come here just to take advantage of the welfare state, or mostly people who consume less than they contribute.


The amount of people who are smart enough to take advantage of a foreign country's welfare system is incredibly tiny and they're also probably savvy enough to navigate immigration anyway.

Most people who come here don't even know what benefits we even have. Which are not automatic and need to be applied for.


This is nonsense. They'll come and they'll apply via the simplified forms. And they will coach family members who also come later. It's known to happen and it isn't very difficult. The far left wants to make it even easier by removing common sense questions about citizenship from these benefit applications.
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Damn_Underscore
10/13/19 4:44:49 PM
#80:


pls posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...

Yeah that's a good point.

I think becoming a resident of the US should be a simpler process; that would fix a lot of these issues. It sucks for illegal immigrants who are living a legitimate life in the US, but it is simply unfair that they are here while other people aren't who also want to immigrate to the US but are following the immigration process and are stuck in that bureaucracy.


Nah, if it's too easy then anyone can come here and we run into the same problem.

It had to be selective, just like Canada and the Norwegian countries and other countries the left wants us to emulate.

If anyone can come here for any reason, with citizenship being just "Sign here please" at the border, that is still open borders.


"A simple process" is not letting anyone in for any reason.
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10/13/19 4:45:33 PM
#81:


shockthemonkey posted...
TC, if working illegal immigrants were paid their full wages and paid all their taxes and got no tax returns, would you feel differently about this?


That would be slightly more palatable and sustainable, but I'd still rather those jobs and benefits go to citizens. If there's even 1 illegal alien taking advantage of the system, why couldn't that go to one of the millions of poor citizens instead?
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Questionmarktarius
10/13/19 4:46:06 PM
#82:


Again, this is why Affidavit of Support should be to everyone for anyone.
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JE19426
10/13/19 4:46:57 PM
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BilalPowell posted...
You'd think legal immigrants would be the ones fighting the hardest to deport illegal immigrants.


Why?
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:48:56 PM
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pls posted...
That would be slightly more palatable and sustainable, but I'd still rather those jobs and benefits go to citizens. If there's even 1 illegal alien taking advantage of the system, why couldn't that go to one of the millions of poor citizens instead?


What do you mean instead?

It does and this bill as proposed doesn't change that.

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pls
10/13/19 4:49:06 PM
#86:


Damn_Underscore posted...
pls posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...

Yeah that's a good point.

I think becoming a resident of the US should be a simpler process; that would fix a lot of these issues. It sucks for illegal immigrants who are living a legitimate life in the US, but it is simply unfair that they are here while other people aren't who also want to immigrate to the US but are following the immigration process and are stuck in that bureaucracy.


Nah, if it's too easy then anyone can come here and we run into the same problem.

It had to be selective, just like Canada and the Norwegian countries and other countries the left wants us to emulate.

If anyone can come here for any reason, with citizenship being just "Sign here please" at the border, that is still open borders.


"A simple process" is not letting anyone in for any reason.


How simple and fast do you want it? Realistically the side that is becoming too affixed to open borders is not saying "we want a faster process" in good faith.

It really means it wants what is effectively no process.
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tennisdude818
10/13/19 4:49:29 PM
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This would turn the US into a 3rd world, hyperinflationary shithole.
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10/13/19 4:50:22 PM
#88:


Questionmarktarius posted...
Again, this is why Affidavit of Support should be to everyone for anyone.


Yes!

JE19426 posted...
BilalPowell posted...
You'd think legal immigrants would be the ones fighting the hardest to deport illegal immigrants.


Why?


Because our family members came here correctly and we are still waiting for other family members to come here correctly. Cutting the line by cheating and lying and stealing is wrong and unfair.
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:50:22 PM
#89:


tennisdude818 posted...
This would turn the US into a 3rd world, hyperinflationary shithole.
Based on what projection?

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Tmaster148
10/13/19 4:50:44 PM
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tennisdude818 posted...
This would turn the US into a 3rd world, hyperinflationary shithole.


As if Republicans aren't trying their hardest to do that already.
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pls
10/13/19 4:51:06 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
pls posted...
That would be slightly more palatable and sustainable, but I'd still rather those jobs and benefits go to citizens. If there's even 1 illegal alien taking advantage of the system, why couldn't that go to one of the millions of poor citizens instead?


What do you mean instead?

It does and this bill as proposed doesn't change that.


I'm really starting to think you're just Elon Musk's first attempt at an AI or something. What are you even saying?
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pls
10/13/19 4:51:35 PM
#92:


Tyranthraxus posted...
tennisdude818 posted...
This would turn the US into a 3rd world, hyperinflationary shithole.
Based on what projection?


Basic fucking math.
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Tyranthraxus
10/13/19 4:52:10 PM
#93:


pls posted...
Basic fucking math.


If it's so basic then prove it.

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JE19426
10/13/19 4:52:25 PM
#94:


pls posted...
Because our family members came here correctly and we are still waiting for other family members to come here correctly.


How does that effect your opinion of immigrants that didn't do that?

Cutting the line by cheating and lying and stealing is wrong and unfair.


Why is that changed based on how your own family got here?
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10/13/19 4:52:55 PM
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I think the bottom line is that this bill is good, and it's a good idea, and people making a big fuss out of it are worrying over nothing.

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Siaperaz
10/13/19 4:54:16 PM
#96:


AOC has to be one of the dumbest people ever. This bill is absolutely terrible and will turn USA into a shithole with ridiculous debt.

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pls
10/13/19 4:54:48 PM
#97:


JE19426 posted...
How does that effect your opinion of immigrants that didn't do that?


Deport them ASAP. They're not looked well upon by legal immigrants.

JE19426 posted...

Why is that changed based on how your own family got here?


Because we still have family waiting to come, but these other people sneak in and ruin the process for everyone. They take advantage of the system.
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Tmaster148
10/13/19 4:55:37 PM
#98:


Siaperaz posted...
AOC has to be one of the dumbest people ever. This bill is absolutely terrible and will turn USA into a shithole with ridiculous debt.


Republicans are already doing that bud.
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Solid Snake07
10/13/19 4:56:19 PM
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DOA
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10/13/19 4:57:31 PM
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Solid Snake07 posted...
DOA


Probably. But the far left has played it's hand too soon and now we know what they want and who not to vote for. Elizabeth Warren = joke candidate
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