MikeDunnAuthor<p>Yes, undocumented immigrants do pay $100 billion in taxes each year. But they are ineligible to receive many of the benefits those taxes subsidize, such as social security and medicare. Consequently, they pay far more in taxes than they receive in benefits. See below:</p><p><a href="https://taxpolicycenter.org/fiscal-facts/yes-undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes-and-receive-few-tax-benefits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">taxpolicycenter.org/fiscal-fac</span><span class="invisible">ts/yes-undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes-and-receive-few-tax-benefits</span></a></p><p>And, yes again, the top 1% do evade around $160 billion in taxes each year. And it's only going to get worse with Trump's mass firing of IRS workers, with far less enforcement than the feeble amount the existed before. See below: </p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/taxes/2025/03/24/avoid-taxes-loopholes-top-1-percent-rich/80718765007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/money/taxes</span><span class="invisible">/2025/03/24/avoid-taxes-loopholes-top-1-percent-rich/80718765007/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taxtherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxtherich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicare</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>