Two elections didn ' t turn out the way lefties wanted . <| sep |> They can ' t pay income taxes because that requires a Social Security number , a number they by definition cannot have . They do pay local sales taxes on their taxable purchases , but given the fact that a substantial amount of their illegal income is sent back home as remittances rather than being spent and invested in the local economy their contribution via sales tax is likely substantially less than that of legitimate workers . Not only that , but employers of legitimate workers also pay matching Social Security taxes , but can ' t for counterfeit workers , so the tax loss is doubled . <| sep |> The CoOptional podcast is pretty great but it does tend to depend on the guest for the episode aka Crendor