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Originally Posted by escorpio
90%? Why do you exagerate? Can't make your point with facts?
The fact is that these people do not exist in a vacuum. They rent apartments, buy cars, buy groceries, eat at restaurants, go to movies, etc. They are a part of AZ's economy.
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I guess you have never hung out with illegal aliens in Arizona. I worked with them for years in construction during college. I'm telling you the truth. They send their money home, they don't go to Movies, Restaurants, etc....
"In 2003, then-President of Mexico, Vicente Fox stated that remittances "are our biggest source of foreign income, bigger than oil, tourism or foreign investment" and that "the money transfers grew after Mexican consulates started giving identity cards to their citizens in the United States." He stated that money sent from Mexican workers in the United States to their families back home reached a record $12 billion.[29] Two years later, in 2005, the World Bank stated that Mexico was receiving $18.1 billion in remittances and that it ranked third (behind only India and China) among the countries receiving the greatest amount of remittances.[30]"
*shrugs* you can believe what you want to believe, but if you think that there is any state government that wants to turn away significant income these days, I think you are nuts.
...And heck, if you do, then I guess you shouldn't go to Arizona, huh? It's the same reasoning as to why I wouldn't live in California anymore, since I think that their state legislators and leaders are crazy and are bankrupting that state.
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