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Yet another example of this Administration desperately shooting itself in the foot and turning their lies into truth.

"Illegal" immigrants are a net positive to the economy. They pay billions in taxes and receive few benefits.

If ICE gets access to our taxes, immigrants will stop paying. A real win for America.

Tom Bowman, policy counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology, said disclosing immigrant tax records to DHS for immigration enforcement “will discourage tax compliance among immigrant communities, weaken contributions to essential public programs, and increase burdens for U.S. citizens and nonimmigrant taxpayers. It also sets a dangerous precedent for data privacy abuse in other federal programs.”

Props to the commisioner for refusing, but don't just resign. Make them walk you out the door. We need more disobedience and malicious compliance.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The problem with the "make them walk you out the door" idea is that then they control the narrative. They will never say they fired you because you refused to compromise your ethics. They were firing you because of "insubordination", "poor performance", or some other bullshit.

By taking the initiative first and resigning, you get to control the narrative regarding your departure.

They're gonna get rid of you one way or another if you defy them. Sticking around is not gonna magically fix things.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If ICE gets access to our taxes, immigrants will stop paying.

Which feeds right into the fascist narrative and gives them another reason to round people up.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Meh, already the majority of the population doesn't believe they pay taxes anyway.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It'll also help to underfund the system so that Republicans can pretend they need to cut more shit, like "entitlements" (Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid).

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

But now they can show receipts.

Don't get me wrong - lack of evidence of wrongdoing isn't going to stop these assholes. But every tiny shred of "legitimacy" goes a long way when it comes to swaying the low-information "on the fence" types.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Resigning is just handing over the keys. Need to resist

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Next person will care less and do more to hurt things further.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

That assumes there will be a next person. A lot of offices remain empty. Even she was acting commissioner. Perhaps having nobody to do his bidding at the IRS is the best option.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Get them to be scared to file taxes then get them for tax evasion. Worked with Al Capone, right?

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

Ah yes. Let's arrest a bunch of immigrants for the terrible crime of... paying taxes.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Resigning only opens up the spot for a "loyal" 47 cock sucker

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Illegal immigrants also go to the hospital or see doctors, when we do we release those records to help track them.

And clearly every good upstanding American citizen has health insurance, and only the dirty immigrants don't, so we should just deport everyone that doesn't have insurance to El Salvador because all their other documents must be fake if they don't have insurance.