If I understand things correctly, this will screw up Social Security and Medicare even more. Undocumented immigrants pay BILLIONS into those programs and can't access the benefits. Scare them into working under the table by weaponizing the IRS and you hurt those programs even more.
Reposted from Stephanie Kennedy
IRS close to finalizing data-sharing agreement with ICE, sources say

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The Horror of slomo-watching famous Guys taking wirecutting pliers to their own gonads
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That's insane.
To be punished for paying taxes that barely gives you any rights, whose media villainizes you.
It's not even remotely pragmatic. Wtf are these people doing? It's almost like they WANT to create immediate regret for their supporters
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The goal of the ReichWing has always been to destroy the Social Safety Net.

They opposed the creation of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from the beginning and only paid lip service to “defending” them during political campaigns.

Dismantle the Oligarchy.

#99vs1
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What? Undocumented immigrants pay taxes in the US to fund benefits they can’t access? That. Is. Slavery.
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Yes in California alone in 2024 undocumented immigrants paid $8.5 billion
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Wow. People used to say flippantly that the US economy depends on the unregulated labour market but that is staggering. The mind boggles.
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A fact that far too few Americans are aware of.
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