The President recently, all by himself, without Congress saying a word, started the process of allowing illegal aliens to stay in this country without prosecution. If I understand correctly, he may continue to deport those who have committed felonies in this country. His approval rating continues to drop and I guess he thinks this will bring back the Hispanic vote. I heard that his recent actions haven't improved his ratings - in fact, they have dropped a bit more.
Here's the rub for me: Didn't ALL illegal aliens commit crimes by coming into this country illegally? If I, an American citizen, were to move into Mexico illegally, I'd get arrested and punished. But, if folks from Mexico move into this country illegally, they get a pat on the head and all kinds of free stuff. Who pays for all this free stuff? WE DO! THOSE OF US WHO PAY FEDERAL OR STATE INCOME TAXES OR OTHER STATE TAXES PAY FOR ALL THIS FREE STUFF FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. I, for one, am very very tired of paying for this free stuff for illegal aliens. I'd rather have my tax dollars go to close our borders to ALL illegal aliens.
I don't understand the problem. I don't understand why we allow people to come across our borders in droves without taking some action against them.
Here's an article that explains the costs to US for illegal aliens. Here's the Executive Summary from the article - read the whole article, which includes charts showing exactly where the costs are, for more information:
Executive Summary
This report estimates the annual costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level to be about $113 billion; nearly $29 billion at the federal level and $84 billion at the state and local level. The study also estimates tax collections from illegal alien workers, both those in the above-ground economy and those in the underground economy. Those receipts do not come close to the level of expenditures and, in any case, are misleading as an offset because over time unemployed and underemployed U.S. workers would replace illegal alien workers.
Key Findings
- Illegal immigration costs U.S. taxpayers about $113 billion a year at the federal, state and local level. The bulk of the costs — some $84 billion — are absorbed by state and local governments.
- The annual outlay that illegal aliens cost U.S. taxpayers is an average amount per native-headed household of $1,117. The fiscal impact per household varies considerably because the greatest share of the burden falls on state and local taxpayers whose burden depends on the size of the illegal alien population in that locality
- Education for the children of illegal aliens constitutes the single largest cost to taxpayers, at an annual price tag of nearly $52 billion. Nearly all of those costs are absorbed by state and local governments.
- At the federal level, about one-third of outlays are matched by tax collections from illegal aliens. At the state and local level, an average of less than 5 percent of the public costs associated with illegal immigration is recouped through taxes collected from illegal aliens.
- Most illegal aliens do not pay income taxes. Among those who do, much of the revenues collected are refunded to the illegal aliens when they file tax returns. Many are also claiming tax credits resulting in payments from the U.S. Treasury.
With many state budgets in deficit, policymakers have an obligation to look for ways to reduce the fiscal burden of illegal migration. California, facing a budget deficit of $14.4 billion in 2010-2011, is hit with an estimated $21.8 billion in annual expenditures on illegal aliens. New York’s $6.8 billion deficit is smaller than its $9.5 billion in yearly illegal alien costs.
The report examines the likely consequences if an amnesty for the illegal alien population were adopted similar to the one adopted in 1986. The report notes that while tax collections from the illegal alien population would likely increase only marginally, the new legal status would make them eligible for receiving Social Security retirement benefits that would further jeopardize the future of the already shaky system. An amnesty would also result in this large population of illegal aliens becoming eligible for numerous social assistance programs available for low-income populations for which they are not now eligible. The overall result would, therefore, be an accentuation of the already enormous fiscal burden. I don't reserve my ire for illegal aliens alone. I also have no love for those American citizens who are perfectly capable of working and paying their own way but choose to stay home and live off government handouts. The following was sent to me yesterday and applies to those very citizens:
THE REAL PROBLEM WITH OUR GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
The folks who are getting free stuff,
Don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff.
Because the folks who are paying for the free stuff, Can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff.
And, the folks who are paying for the free stuff, Want the free stuff to stop.
And the folks who are getting the free stuff, Want even MORE free stuff on top of the free stuff they're getting already.
Now, the people who are forcing people to PAY for the free stuff, Have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff, that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff, are being mean, prejudiced and racist.
So, the people who are GETTING the free stuff, have been convinced they need to HATE the people who are PAYING for the free stuff because they are selfish.
And they are promised more free stuff if they will vote for the people who force the people who pay for the free stuff to give them even more free stuff.
And -- when the free stuff stops, the folks receiving the free stuff will riot, burn, steal and commit mayhem.
For the "rich" owes them! It is happening in England and coming here soon.
And that's the Straight Stuff!
Let me set the record straight - not everyone on government assistance is a deadbeat. I am very involved in my church's food pantry and, while we see some deadbeats, we see way more people who just break my heart. Their condition is such that they just can't work due to medical or other conditions. Some are in long term situations and would gladly work if they could. Some are in a temporary situation and look forward to the day when they will be working again; others have nothing to look forward to except illness, pain and more pain. These people we MUST help - financial, emotional, spiritual support. This is what we are called to do as Christians. The above does not apply to these people; it applies to the deadbeats and there are many many of those.
There's not a whole lot I can do except make my thoughts known to my elected leaders who, by the way, are elected to SERVE us but most of them do not. But, writing it here at least diminishes my anger for the time being.
Blessings,
Mary
