Democrats need to show compassion for taxpayers
You need to watch CSPAN to understand how insane our federal government has become.
I saw Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his team outlining some proposed budget cuts in the House of Representatives.
Since 2001, illegal aliens (the legal term) have been claiming child tax credits from the IRS. Some of these claims include children not living in the United States.
This is now costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars each year.
The Republicans explained that all we need to do to cut this theft down is to require all people claiming such "refunds" to include their Social Security number on the form.
This very simple step would prevent illegals from this bogus "refund" scam, because they don't have Social Security numbers (being here illegally).
They end up with a net gain from the IRS through this scam. Who could oppose this common sense step to end this taxpayer abuse?
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, rose and said he and the Democrats oppose this measure because it would impose a hardship on "hardworking immigrant families."
Notice, he drops the "illegal" and substitutes "hardworking" and paints himself compassionate as oppossed to those mean old Republicans.
When will Democrats show compassion for taxpayers, instead of facilitating these frauds? When will Democrats understand they are supposed to represent American citizens?
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1 Comment for "Democrats need to show compassion for taxpayers "
It's not a scam if it's legal (the legal term).
"Legal" aliens also pay taxes. "Legal" aliens don't have social security numbers. So, "legal" aliens would lose the child tax credits under the proposed legislation. These "legal" aliens are sometimes called "hardworking immigrant families".
The IRS has the ability to differentiate between "legal" and "illegal" aliens, so they could deny the credits to "illegal" aliens - if congress passed such a law.
Instead, Ryan is proposing a law to deny the credits to all aliens.
Both sides have forgotten why they are in WashDC and refuse to compromise. So, the refunds will continue.
In order to criticize the system, you should try to understand the system.
By the way, "illegal" aliens in Wisconsin paid a total of $95MIL in [b]state and local[/b] taxes in 2010.
lastpercentile Jun 06, 2012 5:25 PM