Originally Posted by
Casper
I live on one of the 50 states of the Union, which happens to be inhabited by numerous illegal aliens. I have learned a thing or two from them. They live here as foreign nationals (Mexican nationals) and carry ID cards as such. Most deal in cash only, but many open bank accounts without SS# (use W-8BEN). They get cell phone service without SS#. Their kids go to our local schools. Some are even enrolled on food benefits without a SS#. They all work and get paid in FRNs, and yet pay no FIT, just local sales and excise tax on alcohol, tobacco, gas, etc. (like in the constitution). Plenty of them have no driver license or insurance, and the cops never hassle them because they have no jurisdiction. Some do have car insurance even without a driver license. As long as they do not harm anyone, the cops just leave them alone. Some pull in $50k to $80k income tax free.
When talking with them, most of them have no desire to be "signed up" as a citizen of the United States (District of Columbia). They understand why the fedgov wants to get them on the books as a registered vessel on the citizenSHIP, but they want their independence. In many ways, the way they live is closer to the way the founding fathers lived than most US citizens. Learn from them I have, indeed.