 ccrp poll show social security card to qualify for additional child tax credit   new poll overview senator kelly ayotte came up with a proposal to restore pensions and unemployment insurance by cracking down on a tax credit program in which illegal immigrants have fraudulently collected billions of dollars in improper payments senator ayotte the money saved in fraudulent payments to illegal immigrants could pay for pensions and unemployment insurance democrats putting an end to the fraudulent collection of tax credits by illegal immigrants would hurt the most vulnerable senator ayotte s was in the form of an amendment to the democratic bill to extend unemployment insurance ayotte broke with most of her republican colleagues by voting to go forward with the bill she did so specifically for the purpose of proposing her amendment but majority leader harry reid would not allow it to be considered the ayotte amendment would have required anyone collecting benefits from a program known as the additional child tax credit actc to supply a social security number in order to collect the money in 2011 the treasury reported that individuals who were not authorized to work in the us received 42 billion by claiming the actc the actc is the refundable portion of the child tax credit ctc which can reduce an individual s taxes owed by as much as 1000 for each qualifying child the audit found that the payment of federal funds through this tax benefit appears to provide an additional incentive for aliens to enter reside and work in the united states without authorization which contradicts federal law and policy to remove such incentives the audit was based upon an analysis of tax returns filed by persons with individual taxpayer identification numbers itins which are issued to individuals who are required to have a taxpayer identification number for tax purposes but are not eligible to obtain a social security number because they are not authorized to work in the united states hellip in a 2012 report from wthr indianapolis one whistleblower characterized the issue as a huge fraud that allows undocumented workers to claim the tax credit for children who do not even live in the country the whistleblower mdash a tax consultant mdash stated we ve seen sometimes 10 or 12 dependents most times nieces and nephews on these tax forms hellip the more you put on there the more you get back in fact one of the workers interviewed in the investigation admitted that his address was used to file tax returns by four other undocumented workers who in total claimed 20 children resulting in tax refunds totaling nearly 30000 congress joint committee on taxation ayotte said estimates that this change will save approximately 20 billion over ten years ayotte s amendment would not have ended the tax credit program it simply would have required those receiving the refundable credit to have a social security number it seemed a modest and reasonable measure especially since it would help solve the difficult problems of veterans pensions and unemployment insurance new poll question should congress pass a law to show a social security card to get an additional child tax credit yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on the following link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldcongresspasslawshowsocialsecuritycardget e2809cadditionalchildtaxcredit e2809d  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question what should the projected michigan 1billion dollar plus budget surplus be used for 41 road repairs that the governor says we need 13 billion 27 roll back the state income tax to 110 of a point per year until 39 17 other 7 additional school aid funding 2 restore the earned income tax credit 2 adding to the state rainy day fund 2 130 million to get matching funds for medicaid 0 terminal repair at west michigan regional airport in holland 0 100000 to the state beach grooming fund 0 300000 for precollege engineering program in detroit there were 4 comments made on this poll comment 1 possible surplus if the surplus materializes we need to put it in several spots of course put some in the rainyday fund but also fund those areas that we have cut and are in need we cut on the basis of not having it to spend with a promise that once things turn around we can adequately fund emergency services etc so let s keep our word and do it there must be some benefit felt or people will begrudge it and we will lose credibility and elections use some common sense comment 2 surplus i am in complete agreement with the previous posting the money should be refunded to the hard working citzens of michigan who basically paid more than the government needed liken the governmental budget to a personal budget when the times are tough the people who pay the bills have to cut back when the times are good the people who pay the bills have a splurge or a windfall the people who pay the bills let s be clear are not the legislators who allocate money it is the citizens of michigan who earned this money they suffer from cutbacks they ough to be the direct people who profit from this windfall comment 3 what to do with a billion tax surplus refund it what do you do when you pay someone too much you get a refund and you shouldn t have to ask for it you don t suggest other ways for them to spend what they weren t entitled to receive keep billion dollar excess and the possible answers only include various spending schemes and other where was the option of refund the excess taxes to the people who paid more in taxes than was need my vote for other is intended to mean refund it republicans refund excess taxes democrats just keep it and spend it on something not budgeted well actually democrats don t have excess taxes comment 4 budget surplus this poll survey does not provide sufficient information nor would an average voter be in position to gather enough data in order to make a wellinformed decision the best that it does is reflect how extensive and complex state government has become a responder would at least need criteria for prioritizing the possibilities herein listed and we do not know what the most pressing needs are in order to prioritize those needs i would expect the appropriate house and senate committees and their staffs along with the relevant department heads to spend a whole lot of time researching and reviewing all of the data necessary to draw the necessary conclusions to form such a spending plan fred nose   all emails addresses  