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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Report: Price tag for bill that provides amnesty is $6.3 trillion
May 6, 2013 | 10:42 am | Modified: May 6, 2013 at 10:50 am
Granting a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal
immigrants would cost the country $6.3 trillion, according to a report
issued Monday by the conservative Heritage Foundation.
Authors Robert Rector and Jason Richwine argue that the massive influx of
newly legalized immigrants who are given so-called amnesty will strain the
system by creating millions more households that consume more benefits than
they contribute in taxes.
“Those who claim that amnesty will not create a large fiscal burden are
simply in a state of denial concerning the underlying redistribution nature
of government policy in the 21st century,” Rector and Richwine write in an
executive summary provided to The Washington Examiner.
The hefty price tag suggested by the report come as Congress attempts to
tackle comprehensive immigration reform in both the House and Senate.
The Senate version, known as the Gang of Eight plan because it is authored
by a bipartisan group of eight senators, would provide instant legal status
to those who arrived here illegally no later than 2012. Under the
legislation, legalized immigrants could obtain a green card within a decade
or in some cases sooner. At that point, they could tap into nation’s many
means-tested benefits including Medicaid and Obamacare.
Senators who co-authored the bill say they believe the legislation will cost
nothing, and advocates argue that it will be “revenue-neutral,” because
newly legalized immigrants will add to the nation’s tax base.
But the authors claim that if a pathway to citizenship is signed into law,
the average adult immigrant would use $592,000 more in government benefits
than he would pay in taxes, in part because many would be less educated,
would hold lower paying jobs and would pay fewer taxes.
The report also claims a pathway to citizenship will result in wages
dropping for lower-skilled U.S. born workers by 10 percent, or $2,300 per
year, and drive “many of our most vulnerable U.S. born workers out of the
labor force entirely.” | m********a
发帖数: 1041 | 2 【because many would be less educated, would hold lower paying jobs and
would pay fewer taxes】
我的直覺也是這樣，既然說三分之二的境內非法移民是拉丁裔，又以窮困與教育程度低
為主。入籍後當然是使用更多社會福利，大幅加重社會成本啊!
可是NYT上好幾篇文章都一直在強調這些人會馬上增加稅收、繳納社會安全稅、買房子
和做生意。又舉了好些成功的案例，大部分是開餐廳等。 | s********t
发帖数: 4150 | 3 Obama doesn't care. It is not his money.
than
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Report: Price tag for bill that provides amnesty is $6.3 trillion
: May 6, 2013 | 10:42 am | Modified: May 6, 2013 at 10:50 am
: Granting a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal
: immigrants would cost the country $6.3 trillion, according to a report
: issued Monday by the conservative Heritage Foundation.
: Authors Robert Rector and Jason Richwine argue that the massive influx of
: newly legalized immigrants who are given so-called amnesty will strain the
: system by creating millions more households that consume more benefits than
: they contribute in taxes.
: “Those who claim that amnesty will not create a large fiscal burden are
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