How does illegals who are Mexicans help the economy when they send BILLIONS of dollars BACK to Mexico?
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It does so much for the American economy. It helps the legal citizen pay taxes for services the illegals take advantage of thus putting a burden on or tax system. It causes my health premiums to sky rocket so I can be happy and feel good about providing free heathcare to illegals. It helps for my vehicle insurance premiums to skyrocket so I can feel good about helping close the gap between the non insured illegals. It helps my tax dollars put to use at the border for the border patrol who are overwhelmed and understaffed. It helps to give ideas to raise my taxes once again to pay more border patrol agents. Need any more examples?
Are you kidding ? The billions help the drug trade and the human smuggling trade.
It just encourages more to come.
Just like you said.
They don't help the economy at all...
Except by helping to drive up prices.
Well, look at the farmer's field. Say we have an illegal working in that field for $7.50/hr, CA minimum wage, who is sending money back to Mexico.
The food is getting picked, so the farmer gets to sell the food, rather than it rotting in the fields. We, the consumer get to buy that food, rather than having to choose less appetizing morsels, or worse yet, an empty bin.
If you believe what you stated in your disclaimer why did you not state illegal immigrant instead. Here in NY our illegal immigrants come from all over the world and all send money home.
What you are talking about, in economic terms is called remittance. One positive effect of remittance is that allows the person to create a lifestyle in the home country that allows for a small business to be created among families, thus keeping families in the home country as they are able to produce income and receive education. Many people who send such remittance often return home.
Edit: Research shows that an immigrant of any origin will send REMITTANCES home. If you really did the research you would be using the correct economic terminology as well as citing directly from research.
As per the political correctness comment. To continually justify your own use of the phrase says something. Beyond that any current literature on race states that we are all racist and that we all benefit from power and privilege. Political correctness to me means simply being respectful and I never accused you of not being politically correct.
Also if you have a problem with a person, email them, that is the more mature approach.
It's time for all illegals in AMERICA to go home
They do not claim taxes that were deducted during the year. (it's all I got)
They pay taxes (sales) and some file a federal tax return using a tax payer ID. They get taxed BEFORE they send this money out. I don't see a problem if they send it to their starving family. That should make it so that Mexico needs less financial support.
write to your government officials. Don't be quiet.
stop illegal immigration
www.congress.org
well.they provide labor, they pay rent, purchase food and other goods, and if they send money home, they prevent a few more people from needing to come here.
that's what i can come up with. i'm not a economist or anything, but i do think it's pretty well decided among the people who analyze this sort of thing, that sending some of the money back is NOT hurting us.
besides...following this logic, americans who go on vacation are hurting the US. are you prepared to accuse all of us? we go to another country and spend our US dollars there...essentially doing what mexicans do...send US dollars out of the US.
and thank GOD the english, japanese, mexicans, etc... see the US as an interesting enough place to come and spend THEIR money as well...therefore contribuing to our economy through tourism.
my point.i don't think it's a big deal, it's a natural cycle of money, i wouldn't worry about it too much.
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