[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Andrea

S. 744
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 28, 2013,
including the amendments made in the star print of June 6, 2013

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/s744.pdf

"The report estimates that in the first decade after the immigration bill is carried out, the net effect of adding millions of additional taxpayers would decrease the federal budget deficit by $197 billion. Over the next decade, the report found, the deficit reduction would be even greater -- an estimated $700 billion, from 2024 to 2033."

Bolding mine....

I always take these government projections with a grain of salt, seeing the figures are based on arbitrary and incalculable variables resulting in the "new math" of governmental illusionary thinking in an absolutely perfect world that doesn't exist.

Adding 10 million new people to the workforce would be terrific if there were jobs. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics there are already 11 million unemployed Americans as of May 2013. This doesn't include those who are no longer bothering to look for work.

So, if you have 11 million unemployed already, just how many of the new 10 million are likely to find gainful employment so they provide more disposable revenue for the government to misuse?

In the same vein, 10 million more people need to be added to an infrastructure that is not equipment to even handle the current loads. 10 million more accessing education, health care, housing, social security and other benefits. There is no reasonable way to calculate the cost of adding new numbers or of how the infrastructure, (federal, state and local) needs to expand to accommodate increased demand.

I'm not dissing the bill btw. I am dissing the way government tries to sell us an illusionary bill of goods and promises that defy basic logic and math.