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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
The border wall is a long term investment that pays for itself even if Trump doesn't make Mexico pay for it.
Let's just take cost of educating an illegal youth or anchor baby. The average spent per student in the US is $11,009 per year.
In my town the Mexicans cost 1/3rd more because they require special programs, but we'll just go with the $11,009 figure anyway.
It's hard to find out how many Mexican kids are coming across the border plus how many anchors are being born. Seems to be about 50,000 unaccompanied minors.
So let's go (probably) low and just say 100,000 per year. Multiplied by $11,009 is $1.1 billion per year just for that new batch. 12 years of schooling = $13.2 billion.
Factor in cost of welfare and the damage they do undercutting labor wages and you see how quickly the wall pays for itself.
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How can you live in a country this long and not understand where your taxes go? Education taxes are generally collected via property and state taxes, not income taxes. Do illegals not rent or own homes? Do they not shop within the US? Also illegals can't collect welfare... because they are illegal.. They can't even participate in any government programs unless they have been living in the country for over 5 years.