They are the only ones that have traditionally been. That does not mean that we cannot find other slices of groups that are unproductive from the perspective of taxation.

But traditionally migrants came here to ... make money. And you do that by having a job. So it makes total sense that they would initially be lower users of welfare. As they get integrated, you predict welfare usage rates will approach that of whites and who knows exceed. It's a thing that's in flux constantly.

My argument for a while has been that given massive wealth inequality, every taxpayer except the top X% with X being pretty low is a net loss, strictly. If you did tax everyone the same rate, the richest would easily be paying the most taxes. Even at the lower rates they manage, the richest few still pay a large portion of the taxes. That makes everyone else's tax contribution look below average. But that doesn't mean that the burden of taxation is or isn't properly distributed.

They are the only ones that have traditionally been. That does not mean that we cannot find other slices of groups that are unproductive from the perspective of taxation.

But traditionally migrants came here to ... make money. And you do that by having a job. So it makes total sense that they would initially be lower users of welfare. As they get integrated, you predict welfare usage rates will approach that of whites and who knows exceed. It's a thing that's in flux constantly.

My argument for a while has been that given massive wealth inequality, every taxpayer except the top X% with X being pretty low is a net loss, strictly. If you did tax everyone the same rate, the richest would easily be paying the most taxes. That makes everyone else's tax contribution look below average. But that doesn't mean that the burden of taxation is or isn't properly distributed.