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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TideGlider who wrote (150277)	12/18/2012 2:26:09 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224867

Illegals tab? $1 billion just in Oregon Services include health care, education, legal byTaylor Rose Tuesday, December 18, 2012 wnd.com WASHINGTON – A new study by the Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform reveals illegal aliens in Oregon cost tax payers more than $1 billion annually. That translates into $700 that each Oregon resident pays for state services to illegal aliens. The study, titled “The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Aliens on Oregonians (2012)”, shows that each Oregon taxpayer must contribute $700 annually to pay for the education costs, English language training, prison incarceration, law enforcement and health care for illegal aliens. The study shows that K-12 education demands much of the money, some $575 million. goes to Supplemental English Education costs another $159 million; justice and law enforcement, including policing and court costs, is $140 million; while Oregon taxpayers pay $125 million for health care to be provided to illegal aliens. The study also finds that illegal aliens only pay $77 million in taxes, or 7.3 percent of the total expenditures. FAIR explains, “Illegal aliens pay relatively little in taxes, mainly because of their low earnings.” It is estimated that there are 170,000 illegal aliens residing in Oregon and about 64,000 state dependent children that were born in the United States, according to the study. The information comes on the heels of a new study from the University of Oregon, as reported by the Eugene Registered Guard, that Oregon’s economic “recovery continues to be sluggish” with unemployment at a staggering 8.7 percent. Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber, meanwhile, has declared that Oregon will accept identification cards as legitimate identification during traffic stops and for other police affairs and he has pushed for granting drivers licenses for illegal aliens. Dan Stein, president of FAIR, said, “While states lack the authority to regulate immigration, there are many things that they can do to discourage illegal aliens from settling within their jurisdictions.” He said that in recent years, “other states have demonstrated that sensible policies can reduce the illegal alien population and associated costs.” “Unfortunately, Oregon officials seem to be opting for policies that will add significantly to the current $1 billion in costs each year borne by state taxpayers.”

To: TideGlider who wrote (150277)	12/18/2012 10:01:47 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224867

AUSTRALIA: MORE VIOLENT CRIME DESPITE GUN BAN April 13, 2009 ncpa.org It is a common fantasy that gun bans make society safer. In 2002 -- five years after enacting its gun ban -- the Australian Bureau of Criminology acknowledged there is no correlation between gun control and the use of firearms in violent crime. In fact, the percent of murders committed with a firearm was the highest it had ever been in 2006 (16.3 percent), says the D.C. Examiner. Even Australia's Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research acknowledges that the gun ban had no significant impact on the amount of gun-involved crime: •In 2006, assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent. •Sexual assault -- Australia's equivalent term for rape -- increased 29.9 percent. •Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent. Moreover, Australia and the United States -- where no gun-ban exists -- both experienced similar decreases in murder rates: •Between 1995 and 2007, Australia saw a 31.9 percent decrease; without a gun ban, America's rate dropped 31.7 percent. •During the same time period, all other violent crime indices increased in Australia: assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent. •Sexual assault -- Australia's equivalent term for rape -- increased 29.9 percent. •Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent. •At the same time, U.S. violent crime decreased 31.8 percent: rape dropped 19.2 percent; robbery decreased 33.2 percent; aggravated assault dropped 32.2 percent. •Australian women are now raped over three times as often as American women. While this doesn't prove that more guns would impact crime rates, it does prove that gun control is a flawed policy. Furthermore, this highlights the most important point: gun banners promote failed policy regardless of the consequences to the people who must live with them, says the Examiner. Source: Howard Nemerov, "Australia experiencing more violent crime despite gun ban," D.C. Examiner, April 8, 2009. For text: examiner.com