@mcnado

I believe that. I hadn't really thought about it before, but when people work illegally (cash, "under the table"; I've met a decent number of white dudes who were born here, who do exactly that, actually), they're usually not making enough to end up in any high tax bracket. When you look at how much they make tax free, in a lot of cases, they wouldn't even be making enough for the IRS to keep much of it, if any, if it were legal. There are also a lot of people who have legitimate W2 jobs, who still don't make enough to have to pay taxes, obviously, and so they just get everything back at the end of the year anyway. So there are a lot of people who work in the U.S. either legally or illegally, who don't contribute a thing on tax day, at least in theory. But then look at how there's a tax hidden in basically everything fun and/or necessary, in addition to the sales tax that's actually called that. Tobacco and alcohol both have a tax built in and you never see it. I think gas does, too, but I could be wrong. Anyway, even if someone literally just hands you money and tells you to spend it, you're still paying taxes. So it really shouldn't matter if you're documented or not, right?