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A Little Help for John McCain

Dear Senator McCain,

Sorry to hear about your recent commonsense deficiency. Please allow me to help. The amendment you’re wrestling with addresses people who have broken the law. If these people paid social security taxes, as you claim, that means they were using some else’s stolen social security number. This is a crime.  It’s not only identity theft, but also fraud. And it hurts people. Nice people who also pay their taxes. Passing a law that legalizes the right for these identity thieves to work, does not erase their crimes or the damage they did. The “double standard” you cite, is not based on race as you insinuate. It’s based on criminal record. Since we’re using exagerated metaphors, let me explain it like this: it’s kind of like how if a woman murders her husband, she can’t collect the life insurance. See… because you don’t want to encourage people to kill their spouses.  That’d be bad. 

And one more thing: please keep in mind that considering the average income of an illegal immigrant, if you allow them to claim the EIC, their path to citizenship will not include paying back taxes, but rather collecting thousands in back refunds.

p.s. I should also warn you that it’s kind of racist to insinuate that illegal immigrants take public transportation like buses. You know they do drive cars. Just ask Gray Davis. He was going to give them licenses.