1. Our military is already strong enough for protection.  Way more so than needed.  And how does it generate money?  Taxes spent is not new money nor is the military a revenue generating entity.  Further, a lot of our military spending goes to foreign nations.

2.  Illegal immigrants generate a net positive on the economy.  The Center for Immigration Studies suggests the wall could reduce tax burden by $12 - $15 billion but we would lose the economic benefit and other taxes they generate thereby creating a net loss.  They pay $12 billion per year according to the Social Security Administration and a further $11.6 billion in sales tax, property tax, etc...   Oh, any get ready for prices to increase because illigeal immigrants make up 40% of all Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons, 37% of all Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers and tapers, 31% of all roofers, 30% of agricultural workers, 27% of construction laborers....and more according to the Pew Research Center.

3. Given we just agreed that corporations do not pay the actual 35% rate, it's irreelvant where they move their HQ to.  Further moving money offshore to a tax haven like the Cayman Islands with a 0% rate is just as damaging to us as moving their HQ to elsewhere.  Canada has a 31% rate, Belgium has a 34% tax rate, Ireland is 12.5%, Switzerland is 18%, Panama is 25%, UK is 19%.  I mention them because they are the most common places they move to.  Canada and Belgium probably cost more to move to than the tax they save but the real issue is that we seem to care far more about competive rax rates than fixing loop holes. 

And yes, I'm familiar with the Laffer Curve...are you familiar with it being discredited?  Presuming taxes and revenue curve equally only looks good in graphics.

Yes and no.  American citizens will not be willing to take those jobs for the same pay and lack of benefits that the illegal immigrants were.  That means fewer will be hired and/or costs will go up for construction, labor, food, trasnportation, etc...  Even worse is the fact we do not have enough expereinced or qualified workers to fill those lost jobs.

Americans want their cheap housing and food.  Americans also want their higher wages.  Americans can't get both by deporting illegals/stopping illegal immigration.

So what you are saying is that the Democrats new and improved Slavery by using illegals is OK because it saves money. We dont have the trained people because the current platform isnt designed for US citizens, its designed for illegals. Forcing companies to follow the law and hire Americans will give them the opportunity to learn a trade and provide for their family in a way that wasnt available to them before. Perfect candidates are recent High school graduates and trade schools designed for construction, farming etc.  If the ACA stays, everyone is required to have insurance. HIring illegals, paying them low wages and no benefits is and should be a crime. Anyone caught doing it should be fined at minimum 2 million per employee and any employees caught get deported immedietly with no option to return legally.

Whadd'ya know? Another day, another conning on campaign promises by our Narcissist-In-Chief. Remember when Trump said he was "going to fight for the little guy" in regards to his tax plan? Low and behold, his latest tax plan actually RAISES taxes on the poor and middle class while giving insane tax cuts to the rich (as usual per the GOP)! So much for Trump being the "working man's best friend", eh? LOL! This is what happens when you let a known con man run your country, it's "everybody's going to be covered" all over again.

There is plenty of demand for jobs in areas such as agriculture and the trades. If Americans want those jobs, they can get them. I worked in the trades for a while and I was pretty much constantly told that no one my age was getting into the trades, and its not because they don't have experience or training. I got in making a solid paycheck with no knowledge of the work whatsoever. Half my coworkers were living in a halfway home. No one else would hire them but the trades need the laborers. There is a pretty dire labor shortage even with illegal laborers. 

A big part of the problem is that the US school system is pushing everybody into college instead of being focused on the demand for jobs. Illegal workers are typically filling a dire need in areas where US workers aren't picking up the slack, not forcing US workers out. 

Further, while I agree that companies shouldn't be paying anyone below minimum wage (and many illegal immigrants do make above minimum wage), the purpose of the minimum wage is to protect workers. Getting rid of someone's income and sending them out of the country isn't protecting them. If the goal is actually to protect workers, it can easily be done through amnesty. Otherwise, I find the appeal to emotion to ring a bit hollow.

Please explain how raising the level of zero tax to 24K, doubling the standard deduction for both single and married while lowering the majority of americans tax bracket from 15% to 12% is raising taxes? Also increasing the child tax credit from 1K to 1600 and adding a $300 per person credit per adult dependant is raising taxes? This will lower taxes for all true middle class people, not the BS ones that have a million dollar home and say they are middle class.

Yes the more Liberal leaning education system leans on College more than trades and aside from wasting money on College I am all for an education. The issue is that if you have the void being filled it goes away and has no need for change. If however everyone starts playing by the rules and a void in labor opens up it will be filled. I would leave my IT job in a minute for a good paying construction job, the problem is they are filled with low wage illegals. I know this for a fact because I have a couple buddies that are jobsite foremans and say that 90% of the people they work with are illegal. I was doing some welding for a company on the weekends and out of 50 employees not including managers, 4 were legal. Everyone else was illegal and not recieving benefits while taking a way lower wage than I was getting for the same work.

Gladly:

1) Through deductions, most of the people making within the raised zero tax level were already paying nothing. This makes things easier but not really much cheaper.

2) While the standard deduction is increased, many itemized deductions have been eliminated which again leaves most people close to breaking even, or possibly paying more if they were in a situation which benefited from deductions (ie States with high income taxes, families with numerous children, people with high student loan interest, people with high medical bills, etc).

3) Similar to above, while the child tax credit is increased from 1k to 1.6k, they are cutting the dependent exemption of $4k. That means for middle and upper income families with multiple children, the extra $600 of credits may not cover the loss of $4000 of exemptions.

And for an analysis of where the savings go if you want to look past how things sound in theory and into how they work in practice, look to the Tax Policy Center's analysis of the Unified Framework plan:

As you can see, middle and low income individuals get around a 0.2% to 1% boost in after tax income on average (as previously stated, depending on specific situations certain individuals will be paying more) while those in the top 5% of income get about an 8-10% boost in after tax income. Virtually all of the direct benefit of this plan falls onto corporations and the very wealthy. 

Now, you might be thinking "well a cup of coffee is better than nothing", but you also have to consider the effects of decreased government revenue on different populations. Primarily the negative impacts of increased federal debt which is felt by everybody and in the long term could easily overtake any miniscule benefit these tax breaks have on the poor and middle class. Then there is how government outlays have to adapt to lowered revenue. As we have seen with the Republican budget, this typically involves cutting programs which disproportionately help the poor such as Medicare/Medicaid and the SNAP program, which will often leave lower income individuals having to pay more out of pocket, reducing their real spending power.

Do you expect that to come for free to consumers?  Higher wagers and more training always, ALWAYS, gets passed down the line.  You will pay more for damn near everything.