[hristov]

No this is an attempt to shift the burden of taxation to the middle class and poor. It is a consumption tax pure and simple. If you tax everything like sneakers and toothpaste the tax burden shifts to the middle class and poor because a billionaire can make income 100 times larger than a middle class person but he does not use a hundred times as much toothpaste and does not buy 100 times more sneakers.

This of course will depress consumption which will seriously damage the economy but the current administration just does not have the brains to consider these effects.

Furthermore, the immigrant chasing is seriously reducing jobs openings. This seems quite the opposite from the intended effect. But it is done so chaotically and with such cruelty that it is flat out destroying businesses rather than allowing them to hire citizens to replace illegal immigrants.

[insane_dreamer]

Most people don’t want the jobs done by immigrants—not at the pay levels that the immigrants are willing to take. This idea that getting rid of the “illegals” frees up jobs for locals is complete rubbish.

If you really want to free up jobs for locals, get rid of the HB1 program.