Comment on Why doesn't the US government just tax illegal immigrants a little bit more than the Average american? Then use those funds to fix infastructure or a new WPA of the 21st century?

• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just mean that the aphorism about drugs dealers is colorful and amusing. I understand it’s making a real point but it’s also funny.

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  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fair enough. The same saying often goes for sex workers.

    That’s how they ended up catching Al Capone, on tax fraud charges.

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    • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Family visiting is a nightly so why does anyone launder money? Isn’t the whole purpose of that to hide conspicuous flows of cash from illegal activities? If it’s safe to pay taxes on ill gotten gains, why launder?

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      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        a) the main purpose is to avoid paying b) because spending a bunch of cash can be suspicious to other agencies that are looking, like if law enforcement is already suspicious and starts seeing a ton of large purchases without a legitimate source of income they will figure out something is up c) because people don’t know any better.

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