Posted on 04/11/2007 6:06:58 AM PDT by radar101
2/3 of immigrants cost Americans $22,449 a year, shows new study.
WASHINGTON – Someone has finally fixed an approximate taxpayer cost of between 12 million and 15 million illegal aliens residing in the U.S.
A new study by the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector found a household headed by an individual without a high school education, including about two-thirds of illegal aliens, costs U.S. taxpayers more than $32,000 in federal, state and local benefits. That same family contributes an average of $9,000 a year in taxes, resulting in a net tax burden of $22,449 each year.
Over the course of the household's lifetime that tax burden translates to $1.1 million If the lower figure of 12 million illegal aliens is used for estimation purposes, the total tax burden translates to $2.2 trillion.
"Would any of us buy shares in a company that we knew would produce a loss of a million dollars a share," asks Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, in response to the study. "Cheap labor is not cheap at the cost of over a million dollars per head of household."
Rector's study, "The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Households to the U.S. Taxpayer," examines the economics of the 17.7 million American households made up of people without a high-school degree. Using numbers from the Census Bureau, the Congressional Research Service, the Bureau of Labor Standards and other government agencies, Rector determined what they earn, what they spend and what they receive in government services.
About half of the 17.7 million households studied are illegal aliens. About two-thirds of illegal alien households are headed by someone without a high school degree. Only 10 percent of native-born Americans fit into that category.
"Over the next ten years the total cost of low-skill households to the taxpayer (immediate benefits minus taxes paid) is likely to be at least $3.9 trillion," Rector writes. "This number would go up significantly if changes in immigration policy lead to substantial increases in the number of low-skill immigrants entering the country and receiving services."
Thanks for the ping, FT. Family values and US taxpayer burden doesn’t end at the Rio Grande! Come one, come all!
400 billion to get rid of them.
We'd STILL come out ahead.
Loads of corporations saving lots to make the bottom line look great.
And they'll be the first bastards to pack up and leave the country when the crap *really* hits the fan.
But this will allow to raise wages for the lettuce pickers and in chain reaction to other people working with them.
Higher wages are evil according to free-traders.
Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
“But think about all those getting rich using cheap labor.
Loads of corporations saving lots to make the bottom line look great.”
Enough money to buy Bush, and plenty of senators.
Jorge Boosh’s friends are getting rich, so who cares.
Care to tell us again how we all benefit from your friends...
To the super elite wealthy trans-national oligarchy, the great American middle class sadly has come to be seen as a big pain in the ass, despite the fact that without us, the country is nothing.
Slavery or a feudal serfdom system is much more convenient for those at the top.
Do not post to or about DCPatriot.
Maybe this time we can toss Congress in the Potomac...
Another piece of junk from World Nut Daily.
It’s okay, with blanket amnesty, they will become instant citizens, problem solved!
Any that think democrats are NOT registeing illegals to vote, RAISE YOUR HAND..
The cost of cheap labor = Paying the bills that Mexicans and other illegals won’t pay.
"Take a letter, Maria.....Address it to my wife.....Say I won't be coming home.....Got to find a new life." :^)
I think that 12 - 15 million number is about 1/2 the true number.
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