Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I didn't say that it would entirely fix the problem. In fact, I specifically said that other things should probably be done as well, which you seem to be agreeing with. You also seem to be agreeing with me that a current infusion of cash would only help.
Sure, but not at the expense of compounding the disaster by adding millions of more people to the problem. Something other than new people needs to be done.
First of all, that's an assumption. Let's look at actual fact.
It's an assumption in the same way assuming that the Earth isn't going to be destroyed by an asteroid tomorrow is an assumption. It's a very, very safe one.
The fact is that they will need several things that are provided by local businesses (food, housing, utilities, etc). Increased business generally results in hiring more staff to handle the increase, or in capital expansions which requires someone somewhere to do work for money (whether it's construction or the building of equipment for use in a trade or business).
Um, they're already here spending money. Making them legal isn't suddenly going cause them to double themselves by fission and get more jobs. No new money is going to be added to business.
Also pertinent is that legal, non-refugee immigrants are also not working when they come here. Most of the people who have come to the U.S. have done so with the hope but not the actual promise of a job, and were therefore unemployed the moment they hit our shores. Those people found jobs. That's what immigrants do: they go to a foreign land, find a job, and make a new home in the country they immigrated to.
Maybe other countries. Here in America a great many create anchor babies and get welfare for them.
As far as welfare, you can't have your cake and eat it too. Either we are talking about a tax revenue effect that extends beyond social security and medicare fund payments, in which case several other things that you already dismissed are relevant, or we are not and welfare payments are irrelevant.
You're going to have to explain that one better. It didn't make any sense to me.