An open letter to the U.S. Congress

Thousands of tax payers detained/deported. What’s the $ replacement plan?

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You have removed thousands of taxpayers from this country. Not hypothetically. Not gradually. Thousands of people who lived here, worked here, spent money here, and paid into the system—through payroll taxes, sales taxes, and labor that sustained entire sectors—have been deported. Thousands more now sit indefinitely in detention facilities, contributing nothing economically while costing taxpayers even more to confine. So let’s dispense with the slogans and get to the point: what is your plan to replace the revenue you have deliberately destroyed? Because there is always a cost. Every deportation is not just a human decision—it is a fiscal one. Every worker removed is a gap in the tax base. Every family torn out of the economy is a reduction in demand, productivity, and stability. You are shrinking the very system you claim to protect. And yet, there is no replacement plan. No serious proposal to offset the billions lost. No acknowledgment that you are actively undermining the funding structure of the country while simultaneously increasing spending elsewhere. Instead, Americans are left holding the bill—paying more while receiving less, watching essential systems strain under the weight of your decisions. This is not enforcement. This is economic self-sabotage. If you intend to continue down this path, then answer the question plainly: how do you plan to fund this government after dismantling a significant portion of its tax base? Who, exactly, do you expect to make up the difference? Silence is not an answer. And neither is deflection. You are accountable not only for the human consequences of these policies, but for the financial wreckage they are creating. It is long past time you acted like it.

▶ Created on April 4 by Nicole

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