The WSJ reported that immigration results in a gain of $30 billion to the economy each year. Using the same economic model used to calculate that figure, the loss in wages to workers is about $350 billion. And that $30 billion "gain" does not take into account the cost of social services provided to the immigrants.
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The cost of social services must be worked in to get a fair picture. Is there any reason to believe that in our current welfare state, the increased cost of social services required by a significantly larger working poor will not end up exceeding even this small $30 billion gain, especially as time passes and this group consumes more social services, especially medicare and social security?
But it’s even worse than that. Because with the tens of millions of poor, uneducated Mexican and Central Americans, we will get a major increase in the pathological underclass, especially in the second and third generation following the immigrant. Gang membership, crimes, drug usage, illegimacy, welfare usage and other social problems increase in the second and third generation. The underclass is an enormously expensive drag on the economy. More failed schools, more prisons, more barrios, etc etc. What will the cost of this be???
And it’s even worse than that. Because these poor, uneducated foreigners will eventually vote, they will give the balance of power to Democrats, who will raise taxes and the amount and type of social services provided per capita. So the economy will eventually suffer a huge drag from the increased income-redistribution imposed by a Democrat-dominated government.
So there is absolutely no reason, when all things are considered, to believe there is even a net benefit of the illegals as the true costs eventually kick in, but rather a substantial and growing drain on the economy.
If they are all just hard working families, why do they drive emergency rooms into bankrupcy? Wouldn’t that $100b they send home help bail out the hospitals?
Do we really need more reasons to call our representatives in Washington, D.C.?
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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If this amnesty bill passes, the illegals will be out in full force protesting that their wages need to be increased.
bump for pillage of American taxpayers