Posted on 04/10/2010 8:58:30 PM PDT by freespirited
Emile,
“The Wall” is a political Trojan Horse.
90% of illegal immigrants come to the USA legally - by car, boat, or plane.
They simply overstay their visas.
Almost all the people who cross our borders illegally are people who were previously evicted from the USA.
Like you, I want the “The Wall” built.
However, it will have a very small impact on illegal immigration.
It’s a documented fact that Amnesty will result in a massive fiscal burden on American taxpayers. Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation, a widely recognized authority on the demography of welfare costs did an analysis of the net fiscal impact (benefits received minus taxes paid) of low-skill households (those lacking a high school diploma, including legal and illegal immigrant households) to the U.S. taxpayer. Rector has calculated that on average, once they become eligible, (10 to 13 years after they receive their green card) they will receive over $30,000 in benefits annually and pay approximately $9,000 in taxes. Thus, their net annual cost to U.S. taxpayers is nearly $21,000.
While eligibility for means-tested welfare theoretically would have been constrained during the first 10 to 13 years under an amnesty plan such as Hagel-Martinez, each amnesty recipient would have become eligible for welfare during the last 30 to 40 years of their life. Accepting the Census Bureau’s conservative estimate of 11 million illegal aliens currently in this country, Rector concluded that amnesty recipients would impose a likely net cost of $2.6 trillion dollars on American taxpayers. Extrapolating that to 30 million, (some people say 50 million) results in a net cost in the $7 to 8 Trillion area. Can we afford this? Obviously not! Especially on the heels of Socialized Medicine legislation that is going to burden the US Taxpayers with untold trillions in expenditures.
The cost of Amnesty will mainly occur in two non-welfare programs (Social Security and Medicare) and in one means-tested program (Medicaid). Rector’s results are consistent with a 1997 “New Americans Study” by the National Academy of Sciences. If, as some recent studies have indicated, the actual number of illegal aliens in the U.S. is probably closer to the 30 million range, their net lifetime fiscal cost to American taxpayers could be more than double Rector’s estimate of $2.6 trillion. (or double $7 to 8 trillion - $14 to 16 trillion!). A trillion here, a trillion there, and borrowed money to boot! Sheer insanity.
“The more I think about all this crap, the more I am inclined to lock the gate to my farm, hunker down and just take care of myself and my wife. To hell with the rest of the world.”
Jukeman, please don’t give up that’s what they want us to do. We can beat them at their own game. Put a smile on your face and God in your heart and organize other people in your area.
I’m just in foul mood - have not been able to kick a liberal’s ass in so long I’m having withdrawal symptoms. Saying that with a chuckle of some damned fine memories.
The only comprehensive immigration refom this country needs is to enforce all current immigration laws to the fullest extent. We need to secure the border and have zero tolerance for those that illegally enter this country. I don’t care if an illegal has been here 20 minutes or 20 years they are still an illegal.
Idaho,
Excellent post.
Since 2000, 30% of new American citizens do not have a high school education.
Immigrant families use welfare programs more than twice as often as native born families.
America is a sovereign nation with the power to select new citizens the way Harvard University selects new students.
Instead....we opt for 20 million day laborers, who, just by pure coincidence, vote for Democrats.
Well, if you live close to the border or DC then I would still lock my gate. :-)
If you read the story - even Graham-nesty thinks there is zero support by the GOP or in the Senate. Keep fighting. Unemployment is off the charts. Keep fighting.
But of course no criminal record.
Any American convicted of a federal misdemeanor - that's what illegal entry is - would wear that record for life.
But not The Chose Ones.
Isn't it surreal that an American Senator would do a speech to a crowd of illegal alien criminals, promising them that there will be no penalty for their crimes?
Isn't it beyond belief?
I wholeheartedly agree.
We have to document every attack these traitors make on the country and use it in advertising for those who will unseat these traitors.
Rush predicts everything thespeople are going to do.
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