Lessons from the U.S. suggest that the fiscal cost or gain on the average immigrant is small, while the picture is more dramatic if conditions of age and education [are taken into account] - young, high-skilled immigrants are expected to make large net contributions to government coffers, while low-skilled immigrants and retirees represent large cost (Lee and Miller, 1997, and Storesletten, 2000). The U.S. differs substantially from other Western countries, however. The U.S. has a small public sector (22% of GDP), low taxes, low unemployment, and a relatively limited social insurance system. Moreover non-refugee immigrants have quite restricted access to social insurance during the first years after arrival. In contrast, European welfare states feature large public sectors (on average 41%of GDP), high taxes, high unemployment, and generous social insurance.
Cost of Unskilled Immigrants
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Yikes! You collected all of the worst myths, half-truths, and outright lies ever imagined about illegal-immigration and posted them in a single post. That's impressive. Bravo!
You should mass e-mail that, if you're lucky snopes might pick it up and debunk it. You'll be famous!
You seem to have missed the URL reference which clearly indicates that this from a scholarly paper by a Swedish academician. Snopes would have no problem with this. I am surprised at your reaction. On what scholarly research do you base your comment?
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