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Old 05-01-2006, 12:07 PM   #11
ScottC
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Originally Posted by spence
It's a number I've seen used several times...although I'm sure it's a pro-immigration source...I've also read that the Social Security Administration alone attributes about 7 Billion in taxes to illegal or undocumented people.

I'd completely agree that some communities shoulder much more of the burden than others...

Also, I'm not arguing that illegal immigration is a good thing or that there's parity between give and take...

Rather, that there is a tremendous input into our economy by illegal workers, and they they aren't going anywhere soon. Any feesable long-term solution must take these factors into account.

-spence
Yeah unfortunatly anything short of extremly drastic measures will not help at all. We have let it get too far out of hand.
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