<p>Ah yes, that lovely loophole where an illegal alien can claim dependent credits for relatives who have never even lived in the US. We really are the most gullible group of folks …aren’t we…(NBC report)</p>
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<p>I think one of the reasons ‘government’ spends money so freely and easily that those who spend the funds are in no way, shape or form involved in the creation of said funds - the spenders have no skin in the game. Hey, if I have to ‘earn’ (through some sort of input, activity, behavior) a $$, I will be be more careful on how I spend it. If on the other hand I can simply just go into your wallet, grab what I need and get what I want…hey…that’s easy…I think I’ll do that whenever I want too.</p>
<p>One of our local icons who is both a prof. in the local UC and has held various positions such as mayor and council person summarized it nicely…Well, before prop 13 we didn’t have any problems funding programs…we (the council) decided what we wanted to fund and support and then adjusted the property tax rate to bring in the needed revenue. </p>
<p>Ah…how simple to access a strangers wallet, take what you wish, vote yourself a raise and pension and then require a trip (on tax payer $$) to the chiropractor because you hurt yourself patting yourself on the back. </p>
<p>However…sometimes the wallet holder has had enough and padlocks the thing. I hope this is what Californian’s will do.</p>
<p>“Ah yes, that lovely loophole where an illegal alien can claim dependent credits for relatives who have never even lived in the US. We really are the most gullible group of folks …aren’t we…(NBC report)”</p>
<p>The link seems to work fine…playing in the background right now…the whistle blower claims a 4 billion per year…</p>
<p>It’s called the ‘additional child credit’ where illegal aliens claim deductions for kids not living in the US.thus getting an IRS refund. It is all in the link.</p>
<p>The link is fine, just takes a minute or so to load… If this loophole is being exploited to the extent that it is in IND, I can’t even fathom the abuse in CA and TX…</p>
<p>“How about at the federal level, illegal immigrants who are getting back thousands of dollars in entitlements at tax filing time. (I’ve posted countless times that I work with illegal immigrants, so I know with absolute certainty that this is true and it is legal.)”</p>
<p>How about the zillions of dollars employers are making by hiring illegal immigrants and the abusive treatment of immigrants, ex. farm workers, border fence building, etc.</p>
If a valid taxpayer ID is used, immigation status isn’t checked by the IRS and the filer can claim any credits/deductions for which he or she qualifies. I wasn’t talking about fraudulently claiming dependents.</p>
<p>I intentionally used an extreme example, as with the mentally handicapped person cited above, to make a point. We’re talking about small numbers in a big pot which won’t change much. Same with taxing the rich. The dollars just don’t work. It’s all about giving one group to say gotcha to another. The changes need to be systemic. And some of the tax demanders need to understand what was posted above, which is that more income equals more tax paid, so we should be supporting everyone in making more money, not raising obstacles to that. There is a small subset that would rather starve than feed the economy as long as someone doesn’t have more than someone else or more than they think is appropriate. So short sighted.</p>
I could post pages (and have done so) on the abuse of illegal immigrants, their communities and their cultures. The status quo is an abomination against humanity</p>
<p>Sure, I’d do the same. Here’s the question: what if I didn’t? What if I just said “not my problem”? Legally, it actually isn’t. </p>
<p>I’d be willing and able to pay $500, $1000, whatever for this relative if the entire rest of the state was contributing a head tax to meet the state’s budget. More to the point, I’d be willing to pay taxes to cover all of the other mentally ill individuals in the state who have no family to help cover their expenses, or whose family didn’t pony up, either because they can’t afford it or because they didn’t want to.</p>
<p>Gov. Brown said he wants to “temporarily” raise the state sales tax rate. I actually don’t have a problem with this, in that everyone helps contribute based on their taxable purchases. Just don’t call it “temporary”. When was the last time we were taxed temporarily?</p>
<p>The tolls on the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges were “temporary”. Guess what, we still have those as well, only they have increased over the years.</p>
<p>Regarding taxes on consumption… maybe we’re heading toward a VAT like they have in other parts of the world?</p>
<p>If it walks like a duck… I too have been paying in for a long time. But the pennies we paid into it then, and the 1.125% now (Medicare), doesn’t even come close to the actuarial value of the benefits that we will receive. And that excess is government support, regardless of what anyone wants to call it.</p>
<p>For example, according to the fed’s own report, Medicare Part A outlays have exceeded the payroll tax and premiums every year since 2008. That deficit has to get made up from somewhere. (…and it quacks like a duck)</p>
<p>The economy kind of took a big hit…Bluebayou.</p>
<p>I expect the benefits to be larger than what I put into medicare…</p>
<p>Laws of compounding…</p>
<p>SS too…</p>
<p>I am never going to get back what I put into SS, am I?
I am going to have to live a long time.
So calling SS a government support program is kind of silly.</p>