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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m missing the part about how these new residents are adding to the health of our economy versus just sucking the county coffers dry. What about the interests about the residents paying these high taxes? 
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You're quoting a report about Latino _health_, so it's no surprise it's not focused on taxes and revenue.

Instead, look at a report on the business climate -- it is probably equally dire but more on point.[/quote]

I agree with pp. Our low income immigrant residents take more from the county tab they give

And other tax payers have to subsidize them.. at least until they move to Virginia to avoid the high taxes[/quote]

We shouldn’t be giving out benefits based on race and we shouldn’t be taking in more new immigrants than we can handle. If we have to raise taxes and we aren’t providing needed services to county residents then we are at capacity and we have to start putting serious energy into economic growth and stop relying on tax and spend.

These advocacy groups assume that all of the residents here are ‘rich’ and able to afford private school, special Ed services for our kids, counseling for our kids (no insurance pays for counseling and it’s at least $200/hour), join a country club for our community and recreational needs, find jobs with benefits on our own with no problem at all,  pay for college for our kids, pay for our healthcare and fund retirement and pay our huge taxes (including MoCo piggy back and real estate taxes) all with no problem. And that we have more money after that so we have no needs. Where do they get these ideas?? I know of rich people like this, but the vast majority of people living in this county are not living like this.

And no - we don’t all use low paid landscapers and other household help. We do those things ourselves as we cannot afford those things.

A huge reality check is needed.[/quote]

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