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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're a lunatic, 22:47.[/quote]

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I'd love to know exactly how "fixing our healthcare system" would prevent illegal immigrants from receiving free healthcare at our ERs - well, free for them.  The rest of us wind up paying for it.

I'd also love to know how many illegal immigrants 22:47 is personally sponsoring - feeding, housing, clothing, and educating.  [/quote]

Not PP, but why would anyone need to house and feed them? The undocumented people I know bust their ass, pay taxes, and support not only their families here but more back at home.

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I agree that they work hard but you’re dreaming if you think a significant percent pay taxes.  Where I live they are day laborers, gardeners, restaurant workers and the like.....they’re paid in cash off the books.  BTW I don’t blame them, I wouldn’t voluntarily pay taxes either but they do consume taxpayer funded services like public education. [/quote]

But they are a net positive.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/4-myths-about-how-immigrants-affect-the-u-s-economy

“Myth #1: Immigrants take more from the U.S. government than they contribute

[b]Fact: Immigrants contribute more in tax revenue than they take in government benefits[/b]

A 2017 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found immigration “has an overall positive impact on the long-run economic growth in the U.S.””

“Undocumented immigrants pay an estimated $11.6 billion a year in taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy.”

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