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To: Coleus
>>But given the state's financial situation, some wonder if it's a wise move.<<

Maybe they need to change some laws so that HJ is so appealing to the illegals.

http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon2007-08-29sm.html

>>Both studies found that immigrants used government services at a greater rate than native-born residents did. The New Jersey study found, for instance, that the typical immigrant family received about $4,044 annually in government services, about 11 percent higher than the average native-born family. At the same time, immigrant households paid about 8 percent less in taxes. The net result was that “the average native household generated an annual fiscal surplus of $232” to government, while “the typical foreign household was a net burden of $1,484.” The gap was even wider in California, where immigrant households produced a net deficit of $3,463 each, because so much of that state’s recent immigration had been in the form of low-wage, low-skill workers.

Though the study did not distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants, it did break down foreign-born households by the regions of the world from which they had come. In both states, the study found the steepest deficit in Latin American households, which in New Jersey consumed 26 percent more in government expenditures than the average native-born family, but paid 38 percent less in taxes. By contrast, immigrant households in New Jersey that hailed from Europe or Canada actually consumed, on average, less in government services than the typical native-born family, and paid nearly as much in taxes. <<

4 posted on 08/31/2007 6:44:55 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.")
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To: B4Ranch

Welcome to their Sanctuary City.


7 posted on 08/31/2007 6:49:50 PM PDT by sheana
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To: B4Ranch; milwguy; trappedinnj
John Corzine and New Jersey's Costly Immigration Burden
New Jersey’s Costly Immigrant Burden (Good Read)

8 posted on 08/31/2007 6:51:01 PM PDT by Coleus (Pro Deo et Patria)
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