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originally posted by: HauntWok
Just one thing, how much do you think produce construction or landscaping would cost in this country without illegals?
originally posted by: whyamIhere
I know I'm going to take some shots on this but here is how I feel.
There are 1000's of parents that sent their children to America. Think about that.
The pull of America is so strong you would send your kid with smugglers to get here.
I could not turn them away. I see this as a way to make a real difference.
A chance for these babies to have a future that does not involve a Drug Cartel.
America is certainly big enough to absorb these children. I would raise one.
This is my idea. Adopt these kids to good homes across America.
In return for educating these kids and giving these kids their Citizenship.
When they turn 20.
From that point on they must spend 1 out of 10 years in their Home Country.
We educate these kids with strategies that can change their Country of Birth.
The only way we are going to stop all of So. America from coming to the US.
Is to help them make the Country so good they do not want to leave.
It's just an idea...
originally posted by: HauntWok
if you didn't take the first opportunity to parade out the hate blogs you ...
This report estimates the annual costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level to be about $113 billion; nearly $29 billion at the federal level and $84 billion at the state and local level.
Education for the children of illegal aliens constitutes the single largest cost to taxpayers, at an annual price tag of nearly $52 billion. Nearly all of those costs are absorbed by state and local governments.
Most illegal aliens do not pay income taxes. Among those who do, much of the revenues collected are refunded to the illegal aliens when they file tax returns. Many are also claiming tax credits resulting in payments from the U.S. Treasury.
With many state budgets in deficit, policymakers have an obligation to look for ways to reduce the fiscal burden of illegal migration. California, facing a budget deficit of $14.4 billion in 2010-2011, is hit with an estimated $21.8 billion in annual expenditures on illegal aliens. New York’s $6.8 billion deficit is smaller than its $9.5 billion in yearly illegal alien costs.
A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that state and local budgets will also receive a new jolt of needed tax revenues as a result of immigration reform—and that undocumented taxpayers are already paying a substantial amount of state and local taxes across the nation. The report estimates that these families pay $10.6 billion a year in state and local sales, excise, income and property taxes right now, and would pay an additional $2 billion if these families were, as part of immigration reform, allowed to fully participate in state tax systems.
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The undocumented population is notoriously hard to measure —but under any reasonable assumptions about the size and income levels of this population, they are already paying billions of dollars a year to support the state and local services from which they benefit, and will likely pay billions more on legalization.
originally posted by: InTheLight
A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that state and local budgets will also receive a new jolt of needed tax revenues as a result of immigration reform—and that undocumented taxpayers are already paying a substantial amount of state and local taxes across the nation. The report estimates that these families pay $10.6 billion a year in state and local sales, excise, income and property taxes right now, and would pay an additional $2 billion if these families were, as part of immigration reform, allowed to fully participate in state tax systems.
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The undocumented population is notoriously hard to measure —but under any reasonable assumptions about the size and income levels of this population, they are already paying billions of dollars a year to support the state and local services from which they benefit, and will likely pay billions more on legalization.
www.ctj.org...
The report:
www.itep.org...
I wonder if the tax dollars collected from these people are from very low paying (illegal by employers) jobs that nobody else would take?
More numbers for you all to crunch.
www.americanprogress.org...
originally posted by: Night Star
originally posted by: InTheLight
A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that state and local budgets will also receive a new jolt of needed tax revenues as a result of immigration reform—and that undocumented taxpayers are already paying a substantial amount of state and local taxes across the nation. The report estimates that these families pay $10.6 billion a year in state and local sales, excise, income and property taxes right now, and would pay an additional $2 billion if these families were, as part of immigration reform, allowed to fully participate in state tax systems.
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The undocumented population is notoriously hard to measure —but under any reasonable assumptions about the size and income levels of this population, they are already paying billions of dollars a year to support the state and local services from which they benefit, and will likely pay billions more on legalization.
www.ctj.org...
The report:
www.itep.org...
I wonder if the tax dollars collected from these people are from very low paying (illegal by employers) jobs that nobody else would take?
More numbers for you all to crunch.
www.americanprogress.org...
So if all these illegals are paying taxes and get deported, that takes millions of citizens off of un-employment and welfare and the taxes can be paid by them. Plus, citizens don't send billions of dollars out of the Country to family members.