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originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
The Constitution, Article I, Section 2, which requires the "counting the whole number of persons in each State" every 10 years.
Well Trump's order's are not to limit the census count, but to not use illegals as part of the restructuring of the House count, and that makes sense to me since they can not vote anyways.
originally posted by: murphy22
a reply to: [post=25315769]Sookiechacha[/pos
According to the constitution, federal "taxes" were to be paid by the states, by the lowest "populated" state, not the/an individual. And "income" was "profit and gain" not "earnings"....
Not every "person" was counted. Go and actually read the constitution.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution assigns Congress the power to impose "Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises", but Article I, Section 8 requires that "Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States".[11]
In addition, the Constitution specifically limited Congress' ability to impose direct taxes, by requiring it to distribute direct taxes in proportion to each state's census population.
originally posted by: Rich Z
I believe the important point is that illegal immigrants should not have representation in Congress. So they should have NO influence over the restructuring of our government. They have not earned it, and we do not owe it to them. They also should not be allowed to vote, simply because illegal immigrants should have absolutely no say whatsoever in how this country is run. IMHO.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: Anon283799
Since there is no citizenship question on the census form, how are they supposed to determine who in which households are "illegal"?
originally posted by: sligtlyskeptical
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: Anon283799
Since there is no citizenship question on the census form, how are they supposed to determine who in which households are "illegal"?
Exactly. they have no real way of doing this.
Maybe I'm over-simplifying this, but if you have a database of all SSN #s allocated in the entire United States, along with name/address/status (live or dead) of SSN holders, and you cross reference that against census results and even tax records, shouldn't you have the capability to remove most people who aren't a citizen from the census rolls?