miketx
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- Dec 25, 2015
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Bullshit....while neglecting to mention that these same immigrants are contributing billions more than what they're receiving in government services...
Who told you this? The vast majority of the illegal immigrants that come to America are utterly broke. Illegals get free medical care at our emergency rooms, well, it's not free because the cost of that care is passed on to Americans who actually pay for their own insurance. Illegals fill our classrooms with their children and pay nothing. Illegals fill our jails and prisons, which costs us more money. Illegals get free criminal attorneys, again, at our expense. Illegals prey on and victimize tax-paying, American citizens. It sounds like you've been duped by your liberal masters - again.
Illegals pay 15% withholding taxes like everyone else, but cannot apply for government funded health insurance or SS. They pay property taxes through their rent, thus funding their children’s education. They also pay sales and value added taxes, gas and cigarette taxes. And they contribute generally to the economy through their labour being added to GDP and the jobs created by their consumer spending.
I have seen studies that say that even illegals contribute more to the economy then they take out in government services. The Federal government on both sides of the political aisle has used their withholding tax to prop up Social Security and Medicare, since Bush Sr. was in office.
If you could wave a magic wand and all illegal immigrants disappeared overnight, US GDP would contract by 10% and the number of job vacancies in America would go from 7 million to 15 million. Given that there are only 4 million people looking for work now, this is going to create huge problems for employers.
Of course many of these low end service jobs won’t need to be replaced because there would be 11 million people no longer buying consumer goods and services in communities all over America.