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wickednnc -> RE: Life is great here for illegals! Come one, come all! (2/12/2007 7:25:19 AM)
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Services are being swamped in this country by people who offer no contribution to those services except the cheap lettuce and cauliflower on your plate at dinner.
This is often said but never proven. Schools are paid for by property taxes and unless you live under a bridge or in a dumpster then you pay property tax. Income and social security taxes are deducted from the workers pay but pocketed by the employer.
Center for Immigration Services:
Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $26.3 billion in costs on the federal government in 2002 and paid only $16 billion in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of almost $10.4 billion, or $2,700 per illegal household.
Among the largest costs are Medicaid ($2.5 billion); treatment for the uninsured ($2.2 billion); food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches ($1.9 billion); the federal prison and court systems ($1.6 billion); and federal aid to schools ($1.4 billion).
There's a lot more. Be responsible and do some of your own research though rather than asking someone else to do it for you.
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Mexico isn't concerned about its people as much as it is concerned about the money earned here comprises a large portion of its GNP.
Perhaps you might enlighten us as to just how large that portion is. Keep in mind that California is the 6th largest economy in the world and Mexico is California's biggest customer.
According to figures compiled by Marije van Lidthe de Jeude, a Dutch anthropologist and independent researcher who has worked with the United Nations and other international organizations, Central American remittances have grown "exponentially" since 1990, reaching a point in 2003 when migrant dollars constituted 20 percent of the gross national product (GNP) of El Salvador and 30 percent of the GNP of Nicaragua. For Mexico, the figure is about 2 %.
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We are their relief valve.
We would all be interested in knowing just what this phrase means. Do you think you might enlighten us with some specifics?
Study the American Revolution and the French Revolution. Systems of government do not change on their own, nor will they ever change when all those who would affect that change are bled off into easier environs.
You seem to mistake my post for debating whether or not they should be allowed to come here and work. I'm not. Our economy has evolved to virtually require their presence. The status quo however is nothing more than an unannounced invasion. Either we control it, or it will eventually control us.
It's not rocket science. Spend some time doing the research instead of arguing points over which you have little to no understanding.
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