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Old 09-23-2015, 07:43 PM   #9
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Medical and education costs, I think, more than makeup for the difference. Taking in the least educated people in the world is never going to be an economic win.
I don't think so.

If an immigrant saves a taxpayer $23 an hour on dry cleaning, every year that's $23*40*52= $47,840.

Unless an immigrant costs taxpayers more than $50,000 a year, they save us money.

And the most biased anti-immigration research groups say that figure is actually $10,000.
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