Thread: OBL study claims that Amnesty will help Economy recover!

Here is a link to their BS !



http://www.immigrationpolicy(dot)org/images/File/factcheck/EconomicPacketLoResFINAL.pdf



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http://blog.kiplinger.com/politics/2009 ... mmigr.html





IMMIGRATION
Making This the Year of Immigration
By Mark Willen | Comments (0) | Permalink


President Obama has promised the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that he'll put comprehensive immigration reform on his priority list this year, and he'll make the same point when he meets with Latin American leaders, including the president of Mexico, later this week. But given all the other controversial issues on the president's plate, does he really want another big fight with conservative Republicans? Or more to the point, can he possibly win this one?

We've seen other big pushes for immigration reform that looked likely to pass, only to fall victim to strong-minded opponents who may be outnumbered but rarely outgunned. The most recent attempt came in 2007, when a seemingly unbeatable coalition threw its support behind a bill, a coalition that included President Bush, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Ted Kennedy, the Chamber of Commerce and some big labor unions. In the end, it fell victim to conservatives who vowed to make it a campaign issue (but only succeeded in forcing McCain to back away from his position and alienating Hispanic voters who turned out in droves to the Democrats). Polls consistently show that as many as two-thirds of Americans believe an overhaul of current law is needed, including a guest worker program and some path to legalization for illegal immigrants already in the U.S., albeit only after paying some kind of fine and going to the back of the line.



Now a new study adds some economic data to the argument. The analysis, by the Immigration Policy Center, the research arm of a group that favors comprehensive reform, crunched government data and concluded that giving legal status to undocumented workers would bring in about $66 billion in state and federal tax revenue over 10 years, while saving billions being spent in fruitless efforts to uncover illegals and deport them. It would also encourage illegals to become active spenders and investors, buying homes and cars and eventually saving through 401(k) plans.



Obama will undoubtedly keep his pledge to push for an overhaul this year, but he may not push too hard. For one thing, there's only so much Congress can handle at one time, and that limit has probably already been reached. It's also true that the recession has changed some of the dynamics. Employers pushed hard for an overhaul in 2007 because they needed more workers, and some unions gave it backing because illegals working off the books were bringing down wages. Now, with unemployment still growing, that pressure isn't as great, although the pendulum will swing back in time.



If immigration isn't finished this year, it'll probably get drwned out again by election year politics. But the debate could still push the issue forward, stetting the stage for a compromise after the congressional elections.

Expect this "study"/BS to be used as the main spring board to push forward an Amnesty bill. We must all disect it and refute it.

Forward this link to all national anti-illegal immigration groups (FAIR, Numbers USA, CIS, etc.).

What futile operation, the results of ICE cracking down is fewer of them coming. They could produce the same economic result by improving the job situation for America's unemployed by the enforcing of America's immigration laws.

If we stop the billions in remittances to Mexico by sending them out of here, that's even more money circulating in the American Economy than their alleged tax dollars. Legalize them and all the dependents will come and give them tax refunds. They wont pay crap in.

How great did our economy surge after the last Amnesty?

Dixie

More absurd OBL talking points.

Read, distribute and post the reliable research below:


May 22, 2007
The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer
by Robert E. Rector and Christine Kim

http://www.heritage.org/research/immigration/sr14.cfm

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June 6, 2007
Amnesty Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers at Least $2.6 Trillion
by Robert E. Rector

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1490.cfm

We've seen other big pushes for immigration reform that looked likely to pass, only to fall victim to strong-minded opponents who may be outnumbered but rarely outgunned

More false propaganda from the opens borders people. Those "strong minded opponents "are 70-80% of the American public so they are hardly "outnumbered. Keep those e-mails and faxes coming to your elected officials.

undocumented workers would bring in about $66 billion in state and federal tax revenue over 10 years

But they currently cost $465 billion annually. Is this that new math I keep hearing about. $465 billion/yr - $6.6 billion/yr = net gain?

Welcome, zyggytoo! I have been emailing short, sweet, eloquent words to everyone in local, state and federal government, just to make them aware of my stance.

Welcome to Alipac, Zyggytoo!

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