[bayourod]

"increasing the labor pool via illegal immigration is that this tremendously increases the demand on public services and infrastructure without increasing the tax base(illegals primarily work under the table and pay very little in taxes). "

The studies (commissioned by ZPG groups such as FAIR, CIS, NumbersUSA) have been refuted in their methodology, plus none of them have taken into account the economic impact of the laborers. Without employees you don't have employers who pay most of the taxes.

Look at the rust belt states where factories sit empty and the population has shrunk. By your theory they should have the best newest hospitals, schools etc...

Productive immigrants are never a drain on tax bases.

[Dat Mon]

"Productive immigrants are never a drain on tax bases."

You've been corrected by myself and others countless times, yet you persist in blurring the distinctions between:

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
GUEST WORKERS

This is one reason why I have a bad feeling with this guest worker proposal.

Its strongest proponents, such as yourself, can't even get the basic definitions straight.

[B4Ranch]

>>Look at the rust belt states where factories sit empty and the population has shrunk.<<

Have you neard about NAFTA yet? That was the result.

[Marine Inspector]

The studies (commissioned by ZPG groups such as FAIR, CIS, NumbersUSA) have been refuted in their methodology

Feel free to post links to the proof that any of these studies have been refuted.

[Once-Ler]

well said