It is in my opinion that non-citizens who came illegally here to
the United States should not be kicked out. Truth be told it would take
40 years according to the pundits to process each and every person who came to
this country illegally. This is assuming no more come in and because they
are entitled, based on Supreme Court rulings, that they get a trial/hearing.
So what can be done to fix the problem? How do we punish them
without being a bad guy? Here is my answer assuming a few conditions
being met first.
The first condition is as follows.
One is that the immigration system changes to a family based system.
In other words the entire family enters together. So this means
the immediate family, the grandparents, grandchildren, aunts and uncles,
cousins, etc. It is the family unit coming in, not just individuals who
may be leaving all those they care about behind being made citizens in a real
first come first serve system. A real line of sorts to just bring in
people who care about each other and can support each other in times of need.
Basically the idea of bringing in families is because they will be able
to support each other as they adapt to their new country.
Condition two is the elimination of the
Federal income tax. For one, the current tax code punishes success.
As such it makes it harder for people, especially immigrants and our
poor, to rise up economically. We need a sales tax which eliminates the
need for complicated tax codes and makes collection of money easier. This
revenue, combined with money from taxes on imports should allow the Federal
government to get the magic 17% revenue stream from the gross domestic product
(GDP). (Note: 17% of GDP is the max number of revenue a government is
capable of collecting in taxes per year as no matter how high taxes are raised
that percentage remains the same).
If those conditions are met a penalty can
be placed only on the illegal immigrant without harming the whole family.
What I mean by this is that the penalty will be like the income tax, but
only for the individuals who came illegally. It will not be applied to
any other family member of the person who came in illegally and will not impact
the rest of the family of that illegal migrant coming into the country as they
apply and get in line with everyone else (so no inhibitions on other people
coming in if related to an illegal migrant). Also, if the person who came
illegally is a child, and it can be proven that they came as children, then
they are exempt from the penalty also. Now, the penalty will be simply
10% of the person's income for a max of 25 years. That is it. No
other penalties or other fines will be required. This ensures that it is
payable and does not impact the rest of the family unit. Detail wise,
that individual does not become a full citizen until the penalty is paid and
that if they are without income for a year, then that year will not count
toward the 25 years’ worth of income taxes. So, either they never work to avoid
paying the tax like fine and thus not become full citizens, or they work to be
able to vote and have access to other privileges of citizenship.
Final thought: So what do you think? Yea,
you are probably saying that without an income tax the government would
collapse (which as far as I know is not true). But you all (hopefully)
like everything else. The idea is to punish without complicated trials
and hearings, and no costs to deport non-violent illegal immigrants who came
simply for opportunity and jobs. We are a compassionate nation and thus
here is my idea to bring compassion to dealing with the illegal immigrant
issue.
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