{"id":32155,"date":"2017-12-13T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32155"},"modified":"2017-12-13T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:35:06","slug":"stuck-on-stupid-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32155","title":{"rendered":"Stuck On Stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brietbart<\/a> reported last week that one of the changes made in the tax bill when it went to the Senate was to continue to allow non-citizens to collect tax money from the government.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Rep. Luke Messer<\/a> (R-IN) made sure<\/a>\u00a0that a fix to this long-standing discrepancy was included in the House version of the tax bill. When the bill came<\/a> out of chairman Kevin Brady\u2019s (R-TX) House Ways and Means Committee<\/a>, it included the language Messer originally inserted, demanding a credit claimant include \u201cthe taxpayer\u2019s Social Security number<\/a> on the return of tax for such taxable year.\u201d This language would have blocked illegal aliens, who lack real SSNs, from claiming the lucrative benefit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet when the Senate marked up the bill, the language was tweaked to allow some illegals to continue to claim the benefit. The text of the version the Senate eventually passed reads<\/a>, \u201cNo credit shall be allowed under this section to a taxpayer with respect to any qualifying child unless the taxpayer includes the name and Social Security number of such qualifying child on the return of tax for the taxable year\u201d (emphasis added).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article explains:<\/p>\n

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act<\/a> of 1996 (PRWOA) expressly provides<\/a>\u00a0that illegal aliens are \u201cnot eligible for any<\/i> Federal public benefit.\u201d But as Jan Ting of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has explained<\/a> at length, this benefit has continued to be available to illegals because the IRS has interpreted the ambiguity of the language of the current tax code to make no distinction between U.S. citizens and legal residents and claimants who have no right to be in the United States<\/a>. A 2011 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration<\/a> report suggests<\/a> credits like these are putting billions of dollars in the hands of illegals. It was this situation that led to Messer and others\u00a0attempting to fix the loophole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CIS\u2019s Ting, a law professor, sounded<\/a> the alarm Monday that the Senate version had stepped drastically away from the House intent to keep the child tax credit from illegal aliens. Asked by Breitbart News if there\u00a0was any plausible motive in the Senate\u2019s change in language other than to benefit illegal aliens, Ting replied, \u201cIt\u2019s a mystery to me. Why should we funnel taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Notably, even the Senate version\u2019s language is an improvement\u00a0to the existing law in keeping federal benefits from illegals. Under the altered version, at least illegal aliens with illegal alien children who are not covered by DACA will be unable to claim the child tax credit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2015, I posted the following<\/a> from the DC Clothesline:<\/p>\n

Sen. Jeff Sessions<\/a> proposed an amendment, which would prevent illegal aliens<\/a> from receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) \u00a0and child credit<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2026In the last year with complete records, 2010, the amount<\/span> of fraudulent payments hit 4.2 billion dollars and all tax credits combined cost about 7.6 billion last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democrats who voted against the amendment were: \u00a0Bernie Sanders<\/a>, Debbie Stabenow<\/a>,\u00a0 Sens. Patty Murray, Ron Wyden<\/a>, Sheldon Whitehouse<\/a>, Jeff Merkley<\/a>, Mark Warner, Tammy Baldwin, Tim Kaine and Angus King.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2026Debbie Stabenow, who is one of many democratic women with IQs<\/a> in single<\/span> digits<\/span> said she doesn\u2019t believe illegal aliens are collecting federal benefits even though the idea came from the Treasury Inspector General who stated unequivocally that illegals are collecting benefits<\/a> was right in front of her.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The amendment failed with unanimous support of the republicans on the committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is the Senate trying to bankrupt the country? Why are we giving this money to people who are here illegally while our veterans are living on the streets?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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