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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4627504" data-attributes="member: 54375"><p>"In 2016, the average middle-income household <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/28/trump-tax-middle-class/" target="_blank">earned $60,000</a>. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the average household <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/28/trump-tax-middle-class/" target="_blank">paid $2,200 in federal taxes that year</a>. The biggest talking point of Trump’s campaign has been his obsession with the notion that undocumented immigrants are criminals and racists coming to exploit and destroy our country. One key component of that message is his assertion that undocumented immigrants are costing the federal government billions of dollars a year. But, in fact, the latest data from the IRS found that undocumented immigrants <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/4/13/17229018/undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes" target="_blank">paid $23.6 billion</a> in federal income tax in 2015. They also pay Social Security and Medicare, benefits they are not eligible to receive. When it comes to being tax burdens, immigrants have nothing on the president of the United States."</p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/author/nathalie-baptiste/" target="_blank">NATHALIE BAPTISTE</a></strong></span></p><p>Mother Jones</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4627504, member: 54375"] "In 2016, the average middle-income household [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/28/trump-tax-middle-class/']earned $60,000[/URL]. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the average household[B] [/B][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/28/trump-tax-middle-class/']paid $2,200 in federal taxes that year[/URL]. The biggest talking point of Trump’s campaign has been his obsession with the notion that undocumented immigrants are criminals and racists coming to exploit and destroy our country. One key component of that message is his assertion that undocumented immigrants are costing the federal government billions of dollars a year. But, in fact, the latest data from the IRS found that undocumented immigrants [URL='https://www.vox.com/2018/4/13/17229018/undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes']paid $23.6 billion[/URL] in federal income tax in 2015. They also pay Social Security and Medicare, benefits they are not eligible to receive. When it comes to being tax burdens, immigrants have nothing on the president of the United States." [SIZE=5][B][URL='https://www.motherjones.com/author/nathalie-baptiste/']NATHALIE BAPTISTE[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Mother Jones [/QUOTE]
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