Michael70Sep 22, 2024
Robert Reich

Undocumented immigrants paid $97B in taxes in 2022.

T-Mobile, Office Depot, and Duke Energy made billions in profits but paid nothing in federal income taxes between 2018 and 2022.

Remember this the next time the undocumented are called "freeloaders."

Sep 21, 2024 at 10:02pmWeb
Show threadtakaishi77Sep 21, 2024
@rbreich
I agree with your story.
It is nothing except unfairness.
Show threadGodfrey642Sep 22, 2024
@rbreich
It always amazed me how Conservatives rail against handouts to the struggling-class but have zero problem with handouts to the mansion-class.
Show threadChairman SteveSep 22, 2024

@rbreich

Also, how much tax has DT paid recently?

Show threadDana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Sep 22, 2024
@stevenally @rbreich he gets to suck the government teat until he dies now. Meanwhile after 21 years my government job gets privatized, and I am 6 years short of being fully invested in my state pension.
Show threadGodfrey642Sep 22, 2024

@rbreich

From the Marjorie Taylor Green camp. Of course. https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/113177075008333994

Show threadJoe ❌👑Sep 22, 2024
@rbreich Prof Reich, please include sources with assertions like this. Not because I have any doubt that you are telling the truth, of course you are. But if I share that with someone who isn't progressive they are going to ask.
Show threadLennartSep 22, 2024

@not2b

Robert cited the exact years, I checked and you can confirm these claims with the first results when searching the internet!

Show threadJoe ❌👑Sep 22, 2024
@Lennartt Here's the link. My request to Prof. Reich and others to include links, ideally to the primary source, in the future, especially as Google is becoming increasingly unreliable and thinks like this might get difficult to find.
https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/
Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants

Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both because their wages would rise and because their rates of tax compliance would increase.

ITEP
Show threadfloydgumpSep 22, 2024
@rbreich Oh they love "Big Government" when it works for them.
Show threadKevin RussellSep 22, 2024

@rbreich

This needs to be billboards. Thousands of them.

Show threadceartasSep 22, 2024

@rbreich @alice

How is it possible that these freeloaders are also“stealin’ our JOBs..😭”?

Show threadPJT NorthSep 22, 2024
@rbreich Great point.
Show threadSearingTruthSep 22, 2024

@rbreich

"Humanity first.

Profit will follow."
SearingTruth

Show threadArchaeoIainSep 22, 2024
@rbreich but surely you do not want to suggest that corporations should be treated in the same way as individual human beings, are you? Wherever would you come up with such an idea?
Show threadUltra Verified 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Sep 22, 2024

@rbreich

Undocumented workers pay into SSI and Medicare and are unable to reap returns on these funds

Show threadPamelaSep 22, 2024
@rbreich They probably paid a HELL of a lot more than our government subsidized BILLIONAIRES!!!