June 2, 2006
WE WERE PROMISED 100 MILLION:
Senate bill would add 20 million legal immigrants, report says (The Washington Post, 6/02/06)
The nation's population of legal immigrants would increase by nearly 20.million in the next decade if the recently passed Senate immigration bill becomes law, according to a Congressional Budget Office report. Taxpayers would spend more than $50 billion to operate a new guest-worker program and pay for extra welfare, Social Security and public health-care costs, the report said.But the cost of absorbing the newcomers would be offset by a boost of $66 billion in federal revenue from income taxes and payroll taxes generated by the temporary guest-worker program, along with fees immigrants would be required to pay to participate, the report said.
That's nowhere near enough to fill the jobs we'll create over the next 20 years. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 2, 2006 7:47 AM
Actually, given "estimates" on Medicare, Social Security, and almost every other government program compared to the eventual total, 100 million is almost guaranteed.
Posted by: Jay at June 2, 2006 9:33 AMJay, the first item is workers, the second the line for free stuff. Big difference!
Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at June 2, 2006 11:15 AMAnd both have "Government estimate". Besides, the Senate bill is inaugerating a new line for free stuff, a la public health, education, etc, etc...
Posted by: Jay at June 2, 2006 3:23 PM