Hey Goober Wrote:
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> Johnny Cash Wrote:
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> > The construction industry in large part doesn't
> > operate on the basis of significant employers.
>
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> Your definition of "significant" may be just as
> fucked up as the rest of your ignorant babble.
>
> > It runs on many smaller independent
> subcontractors
> > and temporary seasonal and other short term
> labor.
> > It's also where large numbers of undocumented
> > workers are based on job skills.
>
> Everyone knows where immigrants predominantly
> work, goober. I listed the most common industries
> above. The question is whether they pay the same
> taxes that you or I do. The answer to that
> question is yes, they do.
>
> > You're trying to deny the obvious in this case.
>
>
> I'm underscoring the obvious, which is that you're
> no better than a lost child here.
>
> > Don't need to rely on what I say.
>
> I would never.
>
> > You can look to the trade unions, worker's
> rights
> > groups, tax offices or many others on all sides
> to
> > independently confirm.
>
> All of whom would confirm that documented or not,
> immigrants pay the same taxes that everyone else
> does. All this mumbo-jumbo about off-the-books,
> under-the-table cash payments is just another
> bunch of goober rot and nonsense.
Orly?
"[Workers Defense Project] has co-authored a report with the University of Texas, Austin, that examines working conditions in the Texas construction industry. For more than a year, WDP staff and University of Texas faculty canvassed Texas construction sites, surveying hundreds of workers and gathering information about pay, benefits, working conditions and employment and residency status."
"Rampant payroll fraud results in an estimated $54.5 million in lost unemployment insurance tax revenue and hundreds of millions more in federal income tax. With over 40% of the construction workforce misclassified as independent contractors or paid under the table, Texas – and the federal government – lose out on critical revenue."
"Our estimation is that there's $1.6 billion being lost in federal income taxes just from Texas alone," says the Workers Defense Project's Tzintzun. The report estimates that $7 billion in wages from nearly 400,000 illegally classified construction workers is going unreported in Texas each year, resulting in billions of dollars in revenue lost owing to institutionalized statewide payroll fraud."
http://www.workersdefense.org/Build%20a%20Better%20Texas_FINAL.pdf