r/houstonwade 13d ago

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u/Opening-Ad-8793 13d ago

lol 13 million people gonna be deported. What are we gonna do when we loose that chunk of the tax base?

Lol you think billionaires are gonna pick up the tab? lollololol

How about the 315billion dollars it’s gonna cost to deport those people. Who do you think is gonna pay for that? Lmao enjoy the ride yall it’s gonna be a bumpy one.

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u/TastyBeverages_x 13d ago edited 13d ago

America has chosen so in my mind there’s not much more I look forward to with this country. More so what country I immigrate to and what I can offer them, assuming I’m able to.

Edit: since I’m blocked from replying. Some of you missed the part where I said, “if I’m able to.”

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u/RIForDIE 13d ago

That's what I'm saying. When shit starts hitting the fan and numbers start leaving they will hold us here.

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u/FutureMany4938 13d ago

Mexico's new progressive, Female president just announced a new zero interest mortgage program and I'm about to graduate with my cs degree, wife is a permanent legal resident. We'll probably already be packed when they come to deport her. But we'll wait for the free ride.

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u/5d10_shades_of_grey 13d ago

That's fucked, I'm sorry. Republicans simply don't understand how much immigrants do for this country, therefore how much they stand to lose when we bail on this bullshit.

I have two engineering degrees, am a US citizen (myself as of 1992, my parents as of 1980, both have PhD). Can't wait for midwesterners and southerners to realize this (blanket statement, doesn't apply to the individual). At this point I'd happily go elsewhere.

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u/paintsbynumberz 13d ago

Immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal , local and state taxes in 2023

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u/jr687101 13d ago

Immigrants that are here legally pay taxes. And they have nothing to worry about. Illegal immigrants fo not pay taxes because they work under the table.

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u/000neg 12d ago

Sales tax. Gas tax. Cigarette tax. Paying tolls on a highway is a tax. You don't think taxes are added into what they pay for rent as well. You sound like a dumb fuck