“Texas makes a PROFIT off the illegals that enter college so it is not a taxpayer issue. “
Prove that. Running a university requires a LOT of money. The out-of-state-tuition rate per student is the normal rate and what it costs to attend. The difference between in-state ($5K) and out-of-state ($16K) tuition costs is over $11K per student per year. That money comes from the TAXPAYER. Perry STOLE that money from citizens and handed it over to ILLEGAL ALIENS. What is so hard to understand about that ?
As far as the veto goes, it doesn’t matter whether they WOULD HAVE overridden it or not. First, because we’ll never know, since Perry didn’t test their resolve. Second, you know as well as I do that the Executive office lets the Legislature know where it stands on such issues well in advance, and it would not have passed the legislature with GOP support if Perry had not already expressed his own support. Third, because no LEADER should ever agree to something he knows is wrong just to be ‘popular’.
Trying to ‘blame’ the legislature for this bill would mean you think he is a weak Executive. So ... is he an Open Borders & Amnesty supporter, or ... was he just too weak an Executive to stop this Open Borders & Amnesty law ?
“Texas makes a PROFIT off the illegals that enter college so it is not a taxpayer issue. “
Prove that.
Students Who Qualified For In-State Benefits Paid Approximately $32.7 Million In Tuition and Fees In FY 2010, A Net Gain Of $11.07 Million. According to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: “Institutions of higher education report students who completed an affidavit paid approximately $32.7 million in tuition and fees in Fiscal Year 2010.” [Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, October 2011]
Removing The Tuition Benefit Will Have An Estimated “Net Loss Of Almost $92 Million In Tuition In Fiscal Year 2016 Alone.” According to Texas immigration attorney Susan Nelson: “A law was proposed in the 2011 legislative session that would have required undocumented students to pay non-resident tuition. The Higher Education Coordinating Board estimated that almost 20,000 students would be affected by the change, and calculated that the state’s institutions of higher learning would suffer a net loss of almost $92 million in tuition in fiscal year 2016 alone.” [Texas Immigration Lawyer Blog, 9/25/11]
WSJ: Undocumented Immigrants In Texas “Are More Likely To Bear A Larger Share Of The Tax Burden Than Their Counterparts In Most Other States.” According to the Wall Street Journal:
Immigration status aside, state residents are thought to be deserving of a subsidy because they pay sales taxes, property taxes and other fees to support state institutions that nonstate residents don’t pay. Especially in a state like Texas that has no income tax, illegal aliens are more likely to bear a larger share of the tax burden than their counterparts in most other states. [Wall Street Journal, 9/27/11]
You: “Trying to ‘blame’ the legislature for this bill would mean you think he is a weak Executive. So ... is he an Open Borders & Amnesty supporter, or ... was he just too weak an Executive to stop this Open Borders & Amnesty law ?”
He signed the bill because that is obviously what Texans wanted.
He represents the people of Texas.
Your argument is flawed: Should Obama pass another Stimulus Bill because he feels it is the right thing to do even though the American People do not want it?
A Government Official is suppose to Represent the People and that is what Governor Perry did.
You: was he just too weak an Executive to stop this Open Borders & Amnesty law ?
Your really losing your credibility here. It is not an open border or amnesty law at all. It has to do with education and it has to do with dealing with a consequence of the Federal Government not doing it’s job of securing the border.
You really do have a problem with putting the blame where it belongs and that is OBAMA.
He refuses to secure the border, refuses to deport, refuses to send more Guard and on top of it all Obama and gang are running guns to the drug cartels across the border.
What is so hard to understand about that?