That tax break, pay $2000 plus three of the last five years would net me WELL into five figures…
“Becoming Illegal (From an Maryland resident to his senator)
The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes
309 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC, 20510
Dear Senator Sarbanes,
As a native Marylander and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you. My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stem from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted.
If my understanding of this bill’s provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years. I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out.
Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I’m excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.
Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the local emergency room as my primary health care provider. Once I have stopped paying premiums for medical insurance, my accountant figures I could save almost $10,000 a year.
Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law school applications, as well as “in-state” tuition rates for many colleges throughout the United States for my son.
Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of the burden of renewing my driver’s license and making those burden some car insurance premiums. This is very important to me given that I still have college age children driving my car. If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms.
I would be most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance ”
Name withheld.
(stolen from a post by good friend “M1Tommy”, engineer and Garand nut, on CSP Gun Talk’s Political Page)
Having recently moved from Maryland, this is business as usual. I do believe the Honorable Sarbanes is not running for re-election. Him and his side-kick, Senator Barbara Mikulski, need to be run out of the political arena on a rail.
Politics in Maryland is somewhat like politics in Louisiana. If you remove Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Prince Georges County from the picture its a very conservative state. These three areas pretty much hold the rest of the state hostage.