Here’s an entertaining and timely video from the Sunlight Foundation:
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It is hardly shocking to learn that federal, state, and local governments spent more on unlawful immigrants than they received in taxes.
If we want to minimize the economic damage of generating revenue for government, we should have 1) a low tax rate, 2) no distorting tax preferences, and 3) no distorting tax penalties such as double taxation.
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