Speaking of emotional arguments, we're not all doomed.
Again, a lot of those public services are paid for through taxes immigrants do pay into, like property taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, registration fees, and even income taxes. And again, their children are Americans by birthright so public education is an investment in Americans.
We can argue resource allocation, entitlement programs but considering China has 1 billion more people with a land mass not much larger than ours, we're certainly not running out of space.
And if you gave them a pathway to amnesty it would be much easier to allocate entitlement programs and have common sense taxation.
I don't know what to say other than chill out. You have completely hijacked the original thread with your ill-argued cliche talking points.
The original statement was "I'm appalled by the need for statistics showing how "useful" immigrants are." Mine response is that it's a necessary framework. I in no way gave any conclusions about what I believe is the result of thinking in that framework, but you seem to harbor some sort of prejudice that makes it so you've assumed what I think.
You seem upset. You argued that "it's a necessary framework" and I provided sourced arguments that even under a utilitarian framework immigrants are useful.
Yet you describe my arguments as "ill-argued cliche talking points" and go on to state that I "harbor some sort of prejudice"
Perhaps a little introspection is in order on your part.
Again, a lot of those public services are paid for through taxes immigrants do pay into, like property taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, registration fees, and even income taxes. And again, their children are Americans by birthright so public education is an investment in Americans.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/oct/02/...
http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2013/pdf/sr133.pdf
We can argue resource allocation, entitlement programs but considering China has 1 billion more people with a land mass not much larger than ours, we're certainly not running out of space.
And if you gave them a pathway to amnesty it would be much easier to allocate entitlement programs and have common sense taxation.