Chris Longhurst: Taxation without representation in Utah
I wonder how many Utahns are aware of a quiet problem of taxation without representation that exists in this state?According to the American Immigration Council, over 8% of Utah’s population are immigrants. Immigrant-led households pay over $700 million in federal and over $400 million in state taxes each year. Immigrants pump over $4 billion in spending into the Utah economy every year. Yet, because of a 1996 federal law (the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act), a
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