@BasedAF1776X@mattvanswol Who, exactly, was in president in 2020? Who, exactly, nominated the CIA director who was in office in 2020? Who, exactly, was in charge of the entire intelligence apparatus in 2020?
@kevin_smith45 Ok, and? There's no law against raising the salaries of federal government employees, including congress and the prez/vp.
NYC government salaries have no bearing on federal salaries, and vice-versa.
@TheTacticalHobo Undocumented immigrants still pay sales taxes, gas taxes, property taxes (which are baked into rent unless your landlord is a friggin' moron), and still spend money which cycles through the economy.
@TheTacticalHobo Undocumented immigrants can get what's called an ITN, similar to an SSN. Employers must withhold taxes for ITN users, and they file tax returns.
OR
They use a stolen SSN. Employers withhold taxes for stolen SSNs as well. This is discovered when the victim files taxes.
AND
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@MarkLevineNYC I'm a pretty liberal guy, but market-rate/mandatory low-rate rental units are a bad idea. They drive up rents for everyone else.
A better solution is direct rental aid to low-income renters and the construction of more units.
@HughesRJ@geraldleatherm8@DanielSprarc That's silly.
In Louisiana, noncitizen voting was determined to be 79 votes among 2.9 million registered voters. Utah has recorded zero. In Iowa, it's fewer than 300.
https://t.co/ZZLdGrUc2r
Democrats don't depend on the POTENTIAL for 0.01% of voters turning out for them.