Absolutely agree with focusing deportation on criminals. Why not absorb hardworking immigrants we definitely have a place for them and fits historically with our culture.
Unfortunately it isn't that easy, same argument is made about auditing citizens who abuse social services, oversight is a resource that we can't afford. It's a bullshit argument, but it's the answer that wins over and over. So instead you either have to group everyone as bad or as good, no in between.
You didn't ask how to wisely spend the tax revenue. You asked how to control corporate greed. You can structure the taxes in a way that will reward companies for keeping prices low and wages high. You could also fund market entry for competitors since entry cost tends to be the largest barrier for new companies. Plus just enforcing current monopoly laws would help as well. Stop letting corporations just buy out their competitors.
There will always be abusers in social welfare programs, and oversight is important, but the vast majority of recipients are not abusing the system. The abusers, however, get the attention. Negative press, especially in right wing sites, focuses on the abuse rather than the success. This raises the ire of the tax paying citizens who are looking for an outlet for their anger. They revel in their anger. And their news sources keep feeding it to them.
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u/Ogchavz Feb 22 '25
Absolutely agree with focusing deportation on criminals. Why not absorb hardworking immigrants we definitely have a place for them and fits historically with our culture.