Thread: Mexicans contribute $220 billion every year to the American

Undocumented contributions
Written by By Angeles Cruz Martinez, according to Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Mexicans contribute $220 billion every year to the American GDP

Mexican undocumented immigrants in the United States represent 16 percent of the work force in this country, and they contribute almost $220 billion to the gross domestic product. Many of them also pay taxes. This was found in a study conducted by the University of California at Berkeley.
The study, coordinated by Xochitl Castaneda, director of the Health Initiative of the Americas at the University, points out that in 2004 alone, Social Security received $63.1 million from those workers. However, many of these contributors don’t receive any benefits from the support programs for the vulnerable population—not even emergency medical services, which they should be obliged to offer.
The investigation clears up myths about the people who leave their native countries in search of the American Dream. It points out that due to the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, the discussion about immigration reform will change, even though the Republican and Democratic candidates have shown a moderate openness towards the initiative.



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The study negates the concept that immigrants are an economic burden on this nation, since 90 percent of them fill a need in the labor force and because they are the foundation of the agricultural construction and services industries.
With regard to health services, the work of the Initiative in that area maintains that immigrants have the right to free health care, but at first they don’t use it because they are “healthierâ€

I think I am going to be sick. Its nice that they would be able to pay $125 a month for this insurance. Mine costs $461 a mont. Ya, SOME might pay into social security, but with someone elses SS number, the money goes in, but neither the illegal or the person, whose identity they stole, get the money. The fact that they are healthier than US is a lie. Because of their unanitary living conditions, they have TB leporasy etc. Why to they have the right to free healthcare? I don't get it why should they, on my dime.
The only reason they have agri jobs etc, is because the farms won't hire Americans becasue they would have to give good working conditions and good pay. Of course, this was written by a latino so go figure.

The claimed per centage of employees in the workforce is higher than any I have heard from anyone apart from CAPS. The claim of there being so much available capacity within the American Hospital system would surprise many of those institutions themselves. The Mexicans are obviously taking it for granted that we will never stand up for our own rights and that the Mexican elites will never need to serve their own people.

They cost the state of CA 9-12 billion alone. Wonder what they cost the other 50 states??? Bet it's more than $220B !!!!!!!

220 billion Americans could contribute to the economy just as easily. It's not like they financed and brought this in to the country on top of what was already here. Somebody did it before and someone else will do it again. They ain't all that!

When and if the Fair Tax is passed the illegals and unlawful employers will see what fair is. Some will not be paying, we all will be paying. And just maybe the American citizens can start a savings account for once in their lives. Instead of just spending on the needs of illegal ungrateful people.

When did the basic needs of the American family become second to the needs of a third world people?

Free medical care for the illegals, but Americans you get to pay 4X what the cost should be. This does not sound very fair to any logical thinking American.

($45 BILLION NEGATIVE NET LOSS) - thanks BIGTEX

So if we take $45,000,000,000 annually /350,000,000 American Citizens = about $130.00 more that each American needs to pay for these unlawful illegals. Has our government lost their everloving mind!

40 bucks doesn't even cover 1 visit with a nurse practioner, minus any tests or anything else and not in a "timely manner" either.

I think FAIR reported that the annual net cost of illegal immigrants (after subtracting their tax payments) to the American taxpayer is likely to be more than $45 billion.

The study was done at Berkley. That was enough for me. That's like George Soros doing a study. LOL

Originally Posted by jimpasz

Undocumented contributions
Written by By Angeles Cruz Martinez, according to Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Mexicans contribute $220 billion every year to the American GDP

Big whoop, that's less than 2% of America's GDP. Un and underemployed Americans could deliver the same amount of GDP increase with absolutely none of the social and fiscal costs illegal aliens impose.