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To: XBrit who wrote (168485)12/2/2008 9:33:21 PM
From: MulhollandDriveRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
i don't see it so much as a matter of 'resentments' but of pragmatism....you can't have a literal welfare state allowing the poorest and most uneducated illegals to enter and have full access to the panoply of gov't services (especially healthcare) without creating a tipping point whereby the businesses and individuals who are called upon to fund (through punitive taxation) these services...they will eventually move on to greener pastures



To: XBrit who wrote (168485)12/3/2008 7:42:32 PM
From: anachronistRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
Recent immigrants (whether legal or not) tend on average to be poor, badly educated, and very expensive in terms of public services. Those people are highly concentrated in the LA and NY areas. that's the biggest reason for the high taxes in those two states.

I wonder if you have any facts to back that up?


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