Posted on 07/23/2009 3:17:07 PM PDT by reaganaut1
Nearly two-out-of-three California voters (64%) say illegal immigrants put a significant strain on the state budget as lawmakers struggle to close a $26 billion deficit.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of California voters shows that just 25% say illegal immigrants are not a major strain on the state budget. Eleven percent (11%) are not sure.
Adults under 30 are less likely to believe illegal immigrants are a budget strain than those who are older.
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans and 67% of voters not affiliated with either major party see illegal immigrants as a serious budget strain. Democrats are evenly divided on the question.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of California voters oppose the budget deal worked out by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators from both parties. The legislature is expected to vote on the deal today.
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Sixty-five percent (65%) of all voters in the state believe the availability of government money and services draws illegal immigrants to California. Twenty-two percent (22%) disagree and say the money and services are not a draw to illegal immigrants.
Men believe this more than women, whites more than blacks and those of other races.
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of GOP voters and 66% of unaffiliateds see state services and money as a magnet for illegal immigrants. Among Democrats, 49% agree, but 39% don’t think this is true.
Children of illegal immigrants who are born in the United States are eligible for welfare payments, but California voters are more closely divided over whether those benefits should be cut off because of the state budget crisis. Forty-seven percent (47%) say the welfare payments to the children of illegals should be stopped
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I was going to say 36% of Californians have been found laying in the gutter drooling on themselves.
Of course, but not before taking time to produce the next generation of crotch fruit that will grow up to be ACORN volunteers / community organizers.
Blinding flash of the obvious alert.
And I thought us lowly Southerners had the market cornered on racism....
64% of California Voters Say Illegal Immigrants Are Major Strain on State Budget
The remaining 36 % could not read or understand English and there for did not understand the question.
Davis was more proactive than that. He submitted the matter to a binding arbitration by a panel conveniently chaired by a verifiable anti-187 personality. Davis took heat from the left for the move until they learned the composition of the panel. Then the left fell silent and let the dirty deed unfold.
The Austrian has been repeatedly asked by constitutional scholars/lawyers to appeal Davis' extra-constitutional decision but refuses suggesting "I'm an immigrant and there is nothing wrong with me".
Ya think????
It could be 95% but unless the legislature & courts change, it's of no import.
No kidding.
36% of Californians are dumb@$$e$
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