Illegals can 'buy' social security numbers. They do so in order to get employed in areas where employment doesn't allow the 1099 of subs. They see it as the 'cost of doing business' in order to make a living.Are you saying that undocumented workers have a valid social security number and pay the same taxes as you and I and will receive the same benefits as you and I and keep all their money is the US economy like you and I? If not then what are you saying? Not sure if “billions” is enough or is even accurate. Look around at these construction job sites and landscaping companies and cleaning services etc. They are sending almost 50% of their income back home and living at poverty conditions here. I really don’t think many of us know what is going on. We just want our houses built and cleaned, plenty of food on the table and our yards nice and beautiful. I do not see how we could possibly know how every single undocumented worker gets paid. I do know that wealthy people would just as soon pay cash to get cheaper services so I would blame them more than a small business owner who is just trying to compete. Small business is the backbone of our economy so when you hurt small business you hurt our economy. Corporate welfare and Wealth paying cash for services is a much higher number than how a small business pays their workers. The problem is not that simple and DeSantis has no clue. First I don’t believe every undocumented worker has a social security number and pays taxes. It is the reason why they are leaving Florida. Second I don’t believe we have accurate information about the “billions” that undocumented workers are paying in taxes. Many homeowners prefer to pay cash for cheaper services. Third we have to realize that our economy is integrated with undocumented workers. This means that a complete system overhaul is needed over a bandaid. Congress has to fix this with spending more on the problem and that will not get you elected to Congress. The longer this goes without a complete overhaul the more we will have to spend to fix it. We will have to offer a path to citizenship and I am not even sure that will be enough as they have learned how to live under the radar. It is an entire culture that we have all turned a blind eye to. The border issue is eye candy for politicians who will use it to get votes instead of fixing the problems. The more divided we are the longer this goes without solutions. Do you see any hope in a United effort to solve these issues? We are all guilty in being so divided that we don’t really want to be United anymore! We would rather listen to Brother’s Osborne “it ain’t my fault”
They send way more then 50% of their earnings home. They live as cheap as possible because they see their time here as temporary and the more they can send home the quicker they can head back to their families.
Fixing our immigration issues would be very easy quick and cheap that makes you wonder why no one is doing it. Having a porous border, like we do now, is what will make it tougher.
Cash is the individuals way of trading services or goods without a third parties interference, thats why the government wants to do away with it.
To say DeSantis has no clue only highlights your bias as neither does anyone on the left
