Thanks for actually trying to back up your statement. You are heads and shoulders above your peers on the front. "A" for effort. That said, however, I was hoping for something more substantive than a cite out of your stash of political porn. American Thinker???? really?????
Here is what MediaBiasFactCheck says about the American Thinker.
"....A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency and/or is fake news...."
".....Overall, we rate the American Thinker, Questionable based on extreme right wing bias, promotion of conspiracy theories/pseudoscience, use of poor sources and failed fact checks...."
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-thinker/
So, you have the temerity to tell me I ignorant when you get your news from conspiracy sites; from political porn. Sorry pal, I don't read political porn. The fact that I don't buy into conspiracies is because I am too well informed to fall for that sit. This gets you yet another "irony badge"
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You will never find me post a cite that is not from a source known for high factual integrity.
OK, that said, to the main point. Let's dissect the notion that illegal immigrants cost $100B. You offered a cite from American Thinker, a political porn site, so its not a good cite. The crux of that cite is a link to a blog by far right wing radio talk show host Dan Bongino. He put together his own accounting of this cost. Interesting, but his blog which shows his accounting not a credible source of such information. So thank you, but your $100M is a FAIL.
https://bongino.com/illegal-aliens-cost-taxpayers-100-billion-annually/
So, lets see what is out there.....
First, the Politifact article you cite does exist, except it does not say what you think it says. First, it talks about the cost of immigrants (illegal and legal).... then it discusses the cost as high as $279M for 55 million immigrants (if you look at only the illegal portion, that would be 1/5 that number of about $55B. That is cost, without revenue for the 1st generation of immigrants If you read down the article it says:
"....But members of the second generation "are among the strongest economic and fiscal contributors in the U.S. population," the report said, with tax contributions greater than their parents and the native-born population. In the long term, the immigrant impact is "generally positive" at the federal level" In other words, immigration has a return on investment.
Of course, Trump has carelessly thrown out a number of conflicting numbers, as we all know he makes stuff up in the middle of a speech. As you would expect, Politifact pretty much rates these as false claims.
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-...-trumps-false-claim-about-cost-illegal-immig/
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-...-trump-says-illegal-immigration-costs-113-bi/
The NBCNews article you posted you obviously did not read since it pretty reiterates Trump telling us he is off base AND fails to look at the positive aspect of illegal immigration, including the fact they pay $12B in taxes. Most of the cost of illegal immigration is in education, which is the the benefit of the 2nd generation of immigration, which as pointed out above says
"....but members of the second generation "are among the strongest economic and fiscal contributors in the U.S. population," the report said, with tax contributions greater than their parents and the native-born population...."
So, lets review.
1) there is no basis to say the net cost of illegal immigration in this country is $100B or greater
2) you got the figure from a website the peddles in conspiracy theories. Shame on you for wasting our time on something that wasn't properly fact checked on your part
3) It appears the net cost of 1st generation illegal immigration is about $40B, but that the 2nd generation are among the most productive members of our society.
4) Next time you choose to call out one of our fellow DP posters on their own ignorance, make sure your eyes are clear of logs, or in your case, eyes have been washed of the lumber yard.
