tj444
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ORIGINAL: WyldHrt quote:
But that is just one tax that illegals pay, they pay other taxes as well, sales tax, gas tax, property tax (or indirectly thru paying rent), etc, etc. To get a true picture you would have to add up all the taxes and add up all the actual benefits and see what the numbers actually are. True, but that is offset by things like sending half of the money they make out of the country via WU, serious carpooling, living 10 to a 1 bedrm apt (don't ask about many of my former neighbors), etc etc. If you are going to go there, you also have to add in the cost of things like auto accidents caused by illegals who have no license and no insurance. It happens every day and in every case I know of, the citizen winds up paying. quote:
I wonder what things would cost if there were no illegals to pick the fruit, cook, clean, garden, build houses, etc. I would say that people would soon find their cost of living skyrocket and they would no longer be able to afford their gardener, nanny, etc. Then hear people bitch! lol Having no gardener, nanny, domestic, etc; it would not bother me. Tazzy has already addressed the lettuce issue. Look, the amount of insurance required in CA and probably in most other states is a joke. In CA for bodily injury its $15,000 per person, $30,000 per accident. Where I originally come from you are required to have a minimum of $1,000,000 coverage and they recommend 2 mil. So to me, $15,000 per person is, imo, as good as no insurance because its not going to cover much if you are seriously injured, especially how overpriced medical is here. Lots of corporations send their money out of the country too, to subsidiaries and such. No one says much about that. But what difference does it make where they send their money? They worked for it, its theirs to do with as they wish, just as your money is to do with as you wish. You wouldnt want anyone telling you what you could do with yours, would you? And what is wrong with car pooling? I thought the govt encouraged that. And 10 people to an apartment, well, there are usually city by-laws that cover that, usually there is a limit on how many people can be living in a dwelling. Its up to the neigbors if they want to make a complaint about that.
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