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To: Les H who wrote (12682)8/20/2003 6:17:59 PM
From: Joe SmithRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
That was very fragmentary data on illegal immigrants. Of course, they pay less taxes, they are paid very little. As far as how much services they use, welfare is a very small part of the picture. Do illegals really require more services than the average Californian? Do they need more money spent on roads in their rural areas? I doubt it? Is the state spending more money per student on their kids? I doubt it? What about fire, police etc? This is where the real money goes. It is ridiculous to focus on just one small piece of the government pie to make the point that somehow immigrants require more government spending.

IF we had no illegals, what would the affect on consumer prices be? What would this "tax" amount to.

I do not necessarily disagree that this is not the right way to run things. I just thnk that the arguments made here were ridiculous, specious, and unproductive.

We need to focus on getting immigrants who are already here integrated into our society as productive members, just as many of our Grandparents were. And we need to focus on controlling our borders. But, to demonize people who are our neighbors, whose kids go to school with our kids seems a poor approach to me.
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