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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 29th 2013, 9:33 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

It's also that the US has regressed. The cost of higher education and healthcare are two big factors.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 29th 2013, 7:32 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

Social mobility is now actually lower in the US than almost all western European countries (The UK is an exception).
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 28th 2013, 8:27 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

Fertility rate is 2.4 for US hispanics as compared to 1.9 overall. Sure, it's higher, but 2.4 children is hardly a large family.
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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 28th 2013, 3:54 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

That's why I specifically pointed to references in the wikipedia article.

As for your quote, it's odd that you missed out this:



Maybe not exactly a neutral observer...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 27th 2013, 11:36 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

A number of cost-benefit studies linked in here. Not a bad discussion of costs and benefits earlier on on the page too:
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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 27th 2013, 10:40 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

I see plenty about the costs of illegal immigrants, but nothing in there about the flip side of the equation.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 27th 2013, 9:27 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

They pay sales taxes. They create demand in the economy. They often subsidize Social Security and Medicare. Sure there are costs, but it's not as one-sided as you suggest.



Do you have...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 27th 2013, 12:10 am
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

According to this, CA ranks 17th in total tax take, AZ 19th. Not a lot of difference:

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/total_taxes/




Thanks goodness for that!
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 13th 2013, 5:29 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

Immigrants - illegal and otherwise - always get blamed in harder economic times. The same is happening in the UK and elsewhere in Europe right now. And other than stating the blindingly obvious,...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 11th 2013, 6:42 pm
Replies: 149
Views: 7,818
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Immigration reform

Indeed. And employers will keep hiring them until the penalties and enforcement are strong enough to deter. And money for the latter is actually decreasing.
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