@SenTedCruz Now you can do something to "rein in the size and scope" of Trump's corruption and chaos. Wouldn't it be nice to get another award?
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Mona Fritsche
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Honored to accept The Institute for Legislative Analysis’ Defender of Limited Government award.
I’ve fought to rein in the size and scope of government since first being elected in 2012, and will continue to do so each and every day.
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@WallStreetApes And what's the backup source? Foxxx News. Spare me.
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It turns out the $180 billion dollars of fraud uncovered in California could actually be as much as $280 billion
California even has people on death row claiming unemployment benefits
“When you dig into it and you read all of the court documents, the indictments, the other investigations, we found out that virtually every criminal group on planet Earth has been looting the state of California”
“Romanian International fraud rings, you had rap groups in Memphis, Tennessee. You had neo-Nazi prison gangs. You had people actually in California death row applying for fraudulent unemployment benefits”
At least 133 California death row inmates had unemployment benefits claims filed and paid in their names totaling roughly $420,000
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@anonsynonymous6 @dukeforau @allenanalysis Hey, keep on reposting Wall Street Apes, Peter Navarro and Ron Vara - Navarro's oft quoted "specialist," a Harvard-educated investor (😂). Fab choice of photo on your profile, the former heroin addict, turned medical specialist. Working yourself up into the Bozo🤡 Boogie, are ya?
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AnonSynonymous6@anonsynonymous6
Grok: Employer tax advantages (and related wage-arbitrage incentives) are real, documented loopholes that Cato's static fiscal model does not adjust for—meaning their "$14.5T surplus" (1994–2023) attributes lower actual tax remittances to immigrants than a native-worker counterfactual would generate. Cato reports observed taxes paid/benefits received from CPS/IRS data, but it does not model the missing revenue from (1) FICA exemptions that subsidize foreign hires, (2) prevailing-wage floors that enable underpayment, or (3) the displacement of higher-earning U.S. workers. This creates an upward bias in their "immigrants pay more" narrative. Below is a comprehensive list of counterpoints directly addressing Cato's misrepresentation. It draws from IRS/DOL data, NBER, CIS, Manhattan Institute, EPI, and 2025–2026 analyses. I separate economic/tax distortions from non-economic drags on society/systems. These show Cato's aggregate "surplus" exaggerates benefits—especially for low-skilled/guest-worker cohorts—by ignoring how policy tilts the playing field toward cheaper foreign labor. ### 1. Specific Employer Tax Advantages That Reduce Revenue Attributed to Immigrants These are direct subsidies (not captured in Cato's "taxes paid" tallies) that make foreign hires artificially cheaper. - H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Program (Seasonal Farm Labor): H-2A workers are fully exempt from FICA (Social Security + Medicare taxes, 15.3% split). Employers pay zero employer share (7.65%); workers pay none. IRS explicitly confirms: no withholding, no self-employment tax on H-2A compensation.This saves employers ~$1,200–$2,000+ per worker annually (at typical $15–20/hr wages). No FUTA in many cases. 2025–2026 H-2A reforms (Trump DOL IFR) further cut wages (AEWR tiers down to $8–17/hr), amplifying the arbitrage. Program exploded to ~400K–500K+ visas; Cato treats the (lower) taxes actually remitted as a "contribution" without noting the forgone revenue vs. domestic hires. - OPT/STEM OPT Pipeline (F-1 Student Work Authorization): F-1 students on OPT (up to 3 years standard + 2-year STEM extension) are exempt from FICA for their first 5 calendar years in the U.S. Employers pay zero 7.65% share—saving $3,800–$7,650/year per $50K worker. This is a payroll-tax holiday explicitly designed for foreign grads; U.S. grads lose it immediately upon full-time hire. Estimates: $27–$36B in lost federal revenue over 10 years if closed (OPT Fair Tax Act, 2026). Many OPT workers transition to H-1B; employers use it as a low-cost "try before buy" feeder. Cato counts the resulting (lower) taxes as immigrant "surplus" without crediting the exemption subsidy. - Broader Visa Loopholes: H-1B "prevailing wage" floors (pre-2026 reforms) were set too low (17th–34th percentile), enabling 10–16% wage discounts vs. natives (NBER/Borjas 2026). DOL's March 2026 NPRM admits this and proposes hikes ($14K/year average boost) to curb abuse. No general WOTC credit, but the wage + OPT/FICA tilt creates effective tax/ labor-cost discounts. Net effect on Cato: Their model understates the revenue gap. If these jobs went to natives at full market wages + full FICA, taxes would be higher. Restrictionist models (Manhattan Inst. 2025) show low-skilled cohorts already net negative; these loopholes widen it. ### 2. Wage Suppression & Displacement: Lower Taxes + Native Unemployment Cato's "higher collective work hours" claim ignores that immigrants often displace or suppress wages for U.S. workers in the same roles. - High-Skilled (H-1B): 53%+ of H-1B offers below median U.S. wages for comparables; outsourcing firms show $9.7K gaps. Borjas (NBER 2026): ~16% discount after matching. DOL: H-1B wages averaged $10K–$11K below OEWS. This means lower payroll/income taxes than native hires would generate. Cont. @SpeakerJohnson @LeaderJohnThune @IngrahamAngle @JDVance @StephenM
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The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank.
It just published a 30-year study showing immigrants paid 14.5 trillion dollars more in taxes than they received in government benefits.
Every single year. For thirty years. Without exception.
The country was lied to.
Here is what the study found.🧵
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@slmimorgan @VivekGRamaswamy @IngrahamAngle @PlumbNick @KimGeorgeton @IngrahamAngle as one of your backup "sources," huh? Can you grasp the underlying absurdity of that?
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I was told by @VivekGRamaswamy that 1) these people have a superior culture & 2) anyone can be American. False.
Facts: They think of America as a Color. They want to dominate. They are not coming to be American, they are coming to End Us. @IngrahamAngle @PlumbNick @kimgeorgeton
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@slmimorgan @masstroller789 @M9USA_ @insidehighered Not happening future minority 😂
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@TrollyP71 If that really applies to "Anyone," out goes Trump. "Stand back and stand by," to quote him.
The record's long —"singular among American presidents of the modern era—of inciting & threatening violence against his fellow citizens, journalists, and anyone he deems his opposition."
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Anyone advocating for political violence should be terminated from their employment, ostracized from society, shut out of every aspect of existence. They are mentally ill and of no value to society.
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@culone81 @unicorn__sauce @Gianl1974 "you all voted him in" - More than 2/3 of eligible voters did NOT vote for Trump. Nearly 90 million eligible voters did not vote at all.
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@unicorn__sauce @Gianl1974 Ha ha love to see all this idiots commenting..you all voted him in so..again cry harder..are you gonna block me too??seems that thee truth hurt so the rational thing to do is reply and block so I can't reply back lol
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Trump just fired all 24 members of the National Science Board. Every single one. By email. No warning. No reason given. The board has existed since 1950.
The National Science Board is the independent body that oversees the National Science Foundation, the agency that distributes $9 billion in research grants every year.
Its members are scientists and engineers from universities and industry. They serve six-year staggered terms specifically so they cross presidential administrations and stay independent of whoever is in power.
On Friday, every single one of them got the same boilerplate email from Mary Sprowls of the Presidential Personnel Office: "On behalf of President Donald J Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service."
That's it. That's the whole letter. For 76 years of institutional independence.
The NSF funds the basic science behind MRIs. Cellphones. LASIK eye surgery. GPS. The internet itself. The Antarctic research stations. The deep-space telescopes. The research vessels mapping the ocean floor. Every breakthrough that made America the world's leader in science for the better part of a century traces back through grants this agency made and this board approved.
The board chair, Victor McCrary, was actively advising Congress on Trump's proposed 55% cut to NSF's budget. The board was helping fight back. So Trump fired the board.
Marvi Matos Rodriguez, one of the fired members, told reporters she had been reviewing an 80-page report as part of her board duties just days before being terminated.
Keivan Stassun, a physicist at Vanderbilt, said NSF's leadership had already stopped responding to board oversight requests months ago. "We would ask them, 'Are you following board governance directives?' And their answer would be, in effect, 'We don't listen to you anymore.'"
Now there's no board to answer to.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, the top Democrat on the House Science Committee, called it "the latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm science and American innovation. Will the president fill the NSB with MAGA loyalists who won't stand up to him as he hands over our leadership in science to our adversaries?"
That's the actual question.
Because while Trump is firing American scientists, China is building research universities at a rate we cannot match. The CDC just buried a study showing vaccines work.
RFK Jr. runs HHS. The EPA is gutted. The Forest Service is being broken. Half of American children are breathing dangerous air. And now the people who decide what gets researched in the United States have all been fired by email on a Friday afternoon.
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@Koe78 @culone81 @Gianl1974 Trump to far-right extremists: "Stand back and stand by!"
"The president spent 2020 enabling and encouraging mass displays of armed protest on the streets of American cities."
Yeah, not Trump's fault...
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@culone81 @MonaFritsche @Gianl1974 Y sin embargo bajó Trump o administraciones similares el sesgo de quienes provocan esto está más amparado.
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@culone81 @Koe78 @Gianl1974 "it's not trumps fault" - Nothing's "trumps fault" - just ask Jay.
"On Saturday, June 25th, 2022, President Biden signed the bipartisan gun safety package into law, the first major gun violence legislation passed in decades."
Where's Trump's version?
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@Koe78 @MonaFritsche @Gianl1974 Yes but it's not trumps fault ,thats been happening for a while..under trump,biden ,Obama etc..
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@culone81 @Koe78 @Gianl1974 WTF are you talking about? You're all over the map. As one person rightly said to you: 'You've got TDS - Trump Dick Sucking syndrome.' Go for the UK version: LDS - Lowe...
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@Koe78 @MonaFritsche @Gianl1974 Use google and check again facts,how many people were getting killed?? teenagers etc??at least he is doing something while the rest watch including you with your big arguments so ,also you really want a muslim country with nuclear weapons??
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@Koe78 @culone81 @Gianl1974 Yes, it *is a version of playing Monopoly, and claiming to be the victims *is the standard bullshit. "You are misery made flesh" - "Misery incarnate" - Perfect.
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@culone81 @MonaFritsche @Gianl1974 Jugáis al Monopoly ya no haciendo trampas sino re dibujando el tablero a placer, y tenéis la arrogancia de haceros las víctimas. Igual que apoyáis el genocidio en Gaza, Líbano o Cisjordania. Sois miseria hecha carne.
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@culone81 @Koe78 @Gianl1974 "i hate trump" - that's from you, bro. @Trumpcrazytrain has got it right. It's very simple, but clearly surpasses your "reasoning" - in quotes because you haven't yet demonstrated any.
x.com/Trumpcrazytrai…
Gung-Holier Than Thou@Trumpcrazytrain
@culone81 @Gianl1974 Defending this bullshit must be so tiresome, jay. His only reason would be to install “science” people who don’t actually know science.
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@MonaFritsche @Koe78 @Gianl1974 Still waiting for you to come back with something else rather then "i hate trump and thats about it" ,if you have nothing to say why bother??no one invited you..I have enough thick "i hate trump"with no explanations morons in here,no jed another sheep
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@culone81 @Koe78 @Gianl1974 Oh, but you lay out counter arguments with a solid base, don’t you? Like: "trump is a strategist..doesn't do anything without a reason" - Rock-solid base stemming from sheer brilliance. Bet you’re proud of that one, aren’t you? 😂
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@MonaFritsche @Koe78 @Gianl1974 Remind me how many Christians blow themselves up or blow building,planes etc??you might want to do your homework 😉as I said I'm done with this conversations..clearly you all love a counter argument without any base rather then hate,my opinion,if you don't like it scroll past
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@culone81 @Koe78 @Gianl1974 "the people that want to harm you" - in the US, those people are overwhelmingly more far-right white "Christian" nationalists. Crime rates are notably higher among them than immigrants. Do your homework, Mr Fan-Of-Hardliners-Trashing-Countries like Trump and Rupert Lowe.
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@Koe78 @Gianl1974 Yet removing illegal immigrant and all people the people that want to harm you,negotiating deals to benefit the usa not others nations..next
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@TheReezlaw @Kidar182 @DamianLow3 Plenty of @Kidar182 s floating around town - a truly reassuring thought...
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@Kidar182 @DamianLow3 Europe is part of the West you dumb fuck
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Meloni just cooked Trump.
Trump: “Meloni is no longer the old Meloni. I was shocked by that. I thought she was a brave person, but I was wrong.”
Meloni: “Italy does not care about what Donald Trump said.”
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@culone81 @Gianl1974 "trump is a strategist..doesn't do anything without a reason" - Are you quoting one of your main sources of information you follow, Karoline Leavitt? Great. Now check in w/her, then give us Trump's reasons for wiping out the Nat'l Science Board.🤡
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@Gianl1974 I like all this "smart people" criticising here ,yet he is the billionaire president of the USA and you all are 9 to 5 ass wipes..trump is a strategist..doesn't do anything without a reason and usually is for the usa benefit even if some thick imbeciles don't see it..wake up
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@danspena No wonder the Cardones launched the GoFundMe deal for the 91-criminal-charges, convicted rapist and fraudster, Trump. They, too, are fraudsters.
Financial Influencer Grant Cardone Says He Can Make You A Billionaire. His Investors Claim He Defrauded Them.
huffpost.com/entry/grant-ca…
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@danspena No wonder the Cardones launched the GoFundMe deal for the 91-criminal-charges, convicted rapist and fraudster, Trump. They, too, are fraudsters.
Financial Influencer Grant Cardone Says He Can Make You A Billionaire. His Investors Claim He Defrauded Them.
huffpost.com/entry/grant-ca…
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@DarthRiza @MileHighScot21 @alvinfoo Nope, it's not a case of "Just words instead of proof." - as @MileHighScot21 posted.
Her name is Gabriela Saldana. Here's an article.
(Btw, the source: 'Tallahassee Democrat' is rated:
"MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY")
eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/sta…
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@MileHighScot21 @alvinfoo A girl in Florida is currently facing a possible 15 years in prison for making a joke about Netenyahu in a whatsapp group. The person from that picture you posted was at least released with no charges
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@MileHighScot21 @DarthRiza @alvinfoo Nope, it's not a case of "Just words instead of proof."
Her name is Gabriela Saldana. Here's an article.
Btw, the source: 'Tallahassee Democrat' is rated:
"MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY"
eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/sta…
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Weird! Just words instead of proof.
I am Scottish, my dad is from Glasgow. The UK committed cultural suicide and is finished.
But hey, at least Rap*s are “only” up 8000% since supporting the Islamic regime the last 10 yrs. Hopefully that works out for you guys.
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@Billenjoylife @cmclymer @AmbassadorRice "We are reestablishing American dominance" - Dream on, bro. That just ain't the case. Never left your zip code, huh?
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This leftist buffoon couldn’t be more wrong. The feckless Democrats are in free fall, hanging on the nonsensical remarks of this failed Democrat appeaser. Americans will no longer support an administration that tolerates open borders, the unchecked flow of drugs across our borders, a military that allows despots and suicidal theocracy’s to strengthen our adversaries. Pour unaccountable billions into Ukraine, while feckless Europeans bask under the umbrella of security we provide. We are reestablishing American dominance not diminishing it, as this failed, appeasing, pathetic excuse of a diplomat so ignorantly suggests. Dream on liberals, we are NEVER going back to this bull shit.👇
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Look, y'all... this is eight minutes. I know that's far stretching the bounds of social media attention. But you should watch @AmbassadorRice completely dismantle Trump's foreign policy. It's comprehensive. It's precise. It's a wake-up call for those who need it.
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