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According to some
estimates, there are as many as 30 million illegal aliens in the United States
today. The vast majority of them pay absolutely no federal or state
income taxes. And yet they seem more than happy to take advantage
of the free social services and benefits offered to them. In
fact, stories of how "good" life in America is just
encourages more and more immigrants to come to the United States
illegally. Not that all immigration is bad. The United States will
always be able to use immigrants who come in the "front door"
legally.
Today, there are
approximately 20 million American workers who are unemployed or who are
underemployed. More than 36 million Americans are on food stamps and that
number continues to increase each month. Over 13 million American children now
live in poverty. We cannot provide for the people that are already here, and
yet the U.S. government is making virtually no effort to stem the flood of
illegal immigrants that are streaming into this nation.
In fact, it is
projected that the United States will add another 100 million people over the
next 25 years. Where in the world will they get jobs? How in the world will we
take care of them all?
With the U.S.
economy already on the verge of complete and total collapse, can we afford to
continue to allow the problem citizens of other nations to pour into
ours?
To illustrate how
draining illegal immigration is on the U.S. economy, an anonymous piece that
has been floating around the Internet entitled "Joe versus Jose" is
reproduced below.
Here is an example
of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically
productive for the State of California...or any other state for that matter.
You have 2
families..."Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families
have
2 parents, 2 children and live in California. "Joe Legal" works in
construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour
with payroll taxes deducted.... "Jose Illegal" also works in
construction,
has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash per hour
"under the table".
Joe Legal...
$25.00 per hour x
40 hours $1000.00 per week, $52,000 per year...
Now take 30% away for state & federal tax...
Joe Legal now has $31,231.00
Jose Illegal...
$15.00 per hour x
40 hours $600.00 per week, $31,200.00 per year...
Jose Illegal pays no taxes...
Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00
Joe Legal pays
Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage
$1000.00 per month $12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal now has $19,231.00
Jose Illegal has
full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost
of $0.00 per year
Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00
Joe Legal makes too
much money to be eligible for Food Stamps or welfare - Joe Legal pays for food
$1,000.00 per month $12,000.00
per year - Joe Legal now has $ 7,231.00
Jose Illegal has no
documented income, so he is eligible for Food Stamps and Welfare - Jose Illegal
still has $31,200.00
Joe Legal pays rent
$1,000.00 per month - $12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal is now in the hole minus (-) $4,769.00
Jose Illegal
receives a $500 per month Federal rent subsidy...
Jose Illegal pays rent $500.00 per month (section 8 housing)
$6,000.00 per year - Jose Illegal still has $25,200.00
Joe Legal now works
overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job
after work or his wife must work. Jose Illegal has nights and
weekends off to enjoy with his family (and eat out!).
Joe Legal's and
Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school.
Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches
Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored breakfast & lunch,
and they also qualify to be bused to school at taxpayer expense.
Jose Illegal's
children have an after school ESL program.
Joe Legal's children have to find a way to get to school and go home
after school as, "latch-key kids" with no adult supervision.
Joe Legal and Jose
Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services,
but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Jose Illegal can
send most of his money back home to Mexico to build a
new home for retirement, and have money to buy a new truck
(and still have Medi-Cal benefits while living in a foreign country;
until someone turns him in to authorities....if they ever find out)
Joe Legal is still
in the hole.
Any questions?
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According to some estimates, there are as many as 30 million illegal aliens
in the United States today. The vast majority of them pay absolutely
no federal or state income taxes. And yet they seem more than happy
to take advantage of the free social services and benefits offered to
them. In fact, stories of how "good" life in America
is just encourages more and more immigrants to come to the United
States illegally. Not that all immigration is bad. The United
States will always be able to use immigrants who come in the "front
door" legally. In fact, my wife is originally from Canada.
But those who would break the law by entering the U.S. illegally also are
the same kind of people who are serial criminals, join gangs, deal drugs, bring
diseases and are economic parasites. So can the U.S. economy ever fully
recover if we continue to carry tens of millions of illegal aliens on our
backs? If Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress open the door for illegal aliens
even further, will it create a social and economic nightmare that none of
us would even dare to imagine?
Today, there are approximately 20 million American workers who are
unemployed or who are underemployed. More than 36 million Americans are on food
stamps and that number continues to increase each month. Over 13 million
American children now live in poverty. We cannot provide for the people that
are already here, and yet the U.S. government is making virtually no effort to
stem the flood of illegal immigrants that are streaming into this
nation.
In fact, it is projected that the United States will add another 100 million
people over the next 25 years. Where in the world will they get jobs? How in
the world will we take care of them all?
With the U.S. economy already on the verge of complete and total collapse,
can we afford to continue to allow the problem citizens of other nations to
pour into ours? Already, drug violence has turned many areas of northern
Mexico into absolute war zones. Juarez, Mexico (which is just across the
U.S. border) has become the
murder capital of the western hemisphere. Much of that violence has
begun to spill over into areas of the southwestern United States.
For example, NPR
recently described one incident in the Juarez Valley that involved American
citizens....
A couple of weeks ago, gunmen in the Juarez Valley killed the Mexican
relative of a Fort Hancock high school student. When the student's family in
Fort Hancock heard about it, they crossed the border at 10 a.m. to see the
body, and took the student with them.
"By 10:30, they had stabbed the relatives that went with him, which
included his grandparents, with an ice pick," says school superintendent
Jose Franco. "My understanding is that the gentleman is like 90 years old,
and they poked his eyes out with an ice pick. I believe those people are still
in intensive care here in a hospital in the U.S."
Is this how we want to live?
To illustrate how draining illegal immigration is on the U.S. economy, an
anonymous piece that has been floating around the Internet entitled "Joe
versus Jose" is reproduced below. Try not to get too angry as you
read this....
*****
Here is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically
productive for the State of California...or any other state for that matter.
You have 2 families..."Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both
families have
2 parents, 2 children and live in California . "Joe Legal" works in
construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour
with payroll taxes deducted.... "Jose Illegal" also works in
construction,
has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash per hour
"under the table".
Joe Legal...
$25.00 per hour x 40 hours $1000.00 per week, $52,000 per year...
Now take 30% away for state & federal tax...
Joe Legal now has $31,231.00
Jose Illegal...
$15.00 per hour x 40 hours $600.00 per week, $31,200.00 per year...
Jose Illegal pays no taxes...
Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00
Joe Legal pays Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage
$1000.00 per month $12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal now has $19,231.00
Jose Illegal has full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and
local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year
Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00
Joe Legal makes too much money to be eligible for Food Stamps or welfare -
Joe Legal pays for food $1,000.00 per month $12,000.00
per year - Joe Legal now has $ 7,231.00
Jose Illegal has no documented income, so he is eligible for Food Stamps and
Welfare - Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00
Joe Legal pays rent $1,000.00 per month - $12,000.00 per year
Joe Legal is now in the hole minus (-) $4,769.00
Jose Illegal receives a $500 per month Federal rent subsidy...
Jose Illegal pays rent $500.00 per month (section 8 housing)
$6,000.00 per year - Jose Illegal still has $25,200.00
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job
after work or his wife must work. Jose Illegal has nights and
weekends off to enjoy with his family (and eat out!).
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school.
Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches
Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored breakfast & lunch,
and they also qualify to be bused to school at taxpayer expense.
Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program.
Joe Legal's children have to find a way to get to school and go home
after school as, "latch-key kids" with no adult supervision.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services,
but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Jose Illegal can send most of his money back home to Mexico to build a
new home for retirement, and have money to buy a new truck
(and still have Medi-Cal benefits while living in a foreign country;
until someone turns him in to authorities....if they ever find out)
Joe Legal is still in the hole.
Any questions?
*****
But an even bigger problem may be the rampant lawlessness that many of these
illegal aliens bring. Crime, gangs and drug
dealing are dramatically exploding all the way from Texas to southern
California.
There are fewer and fewer areas that you can call "safe" in
the southwestern United States.
But now Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress want to give illegal aliens
amnesty.
If Barack Obama's amnesty for illegal aliens gets passed, will
more ranchers like Rob Krentz get murdered?
Trying to make an honest and safe living anywhere near the Mexican border is
becoming a very difficult thing to do.
In fact, one sheriff recently told the residents of one Texas border town
that they better "arm
themselves". As he warned them of the dangers that they are now
facing, he delivered this sobering warning....
"As they say the old story is, it's better to be tried by 12 than
carried by six. Damn it, I don't want to see six people carrying you."
Immigrants that are going to be productive members of society are going to
come in legally. But we have made the legal process for immigrating
extremely complex and very expensive. So we have actually discouraged
legal immigration while at the same time highly rewarding those who come in
illegally. What kind of sense does that make?
Of course it seems like very little of what our political leaders do these
days makes sense. As the number of illegal aliens increases to 40 million
or even 50 million, what in the world is that going to do to America?
And once the damage is done, is there any chance that it can ever be reversed?
