Saturday, August 26, 2006

The Cost of Illegal Immigration

Whether or not support or oppose ILLEGAL immigration, it's affecting every single taxpayer, and not in a positive way. The price tag for these illegals is astronomical, and that money is coming out or your pocket and mine. The Cost of Scamnesty: $126 Billion
When the Center for Individual Freedom began calling the U.S. Senate immigration bill scamnesty, some thought we were just engaging in over-the-top rhetoric. Now, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has not called the bill scamnesty; it has proved it. CBO is often referred to as bipartisan. It doesn't take sides. It just crunches the numbers to calculate the financial crunch imposed on taxpayers by Congress, which seems more and more oblivious to such petty details. In the case of the Senate immigration bill -– also referred to as bipartisan because so many there just fell in love with Senator Kennedy's desire to have a statue of himself erected in Mexico City -– CBO estimates the crunch at $126 billion over a ten-year period. Yes, that's $126 billion with a b, which rhymes with see, we told you so.
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