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Why immigration is a good thing: positive immigrant contributions to the United States

economy

You act like it's a bad thing. Find out why immigration is a good thing and howimmigrant labor contributes positively to the American economy.

This is a reaction to the msnbc news item, "New milestone: 1 in 6 U.S. residents isHispanic." I did not have the emotional fortitude to read the 3,100 bigoted responses to

how immigration is evil and immigrants are responsible for all that is wrong with this

country.

Immigration is a good thing.

America was Built on Immigrant Labor

I am a western European mutt. I'm mostly German/Irish with a last name that traces back

to the mid-1600's in Moravia (an ancient kingdom that, along with Bohemia, comprise

modern day Czech Republic). I come from many generations of the working middleclass.

What, dear reader, is your ancestry? Unless you are full-blooded native American Indian,

then this is technically not "your" country. You have no right in my mind to scream

bloody murder about how America is being overrun by immigrants, as you are a

descendant from immigrants yourself. Look in the mirror before uttering the incredulousbigoted "narrative" we've all been fed by white supremacists.

Remember that America is a melting pot. What an image: skin colors all melting in a pot.We all learned this in school, didn't we? America was built on the backs of immigrants.

This county's greatness was built by the blood, sweat and tears of willing and unwilling(slaves from Africa) immigrants. This country is still being built by the toil of theworking class, enslaved by the ruling Corporatocracy elite.

This is our America. This is supposed to be the land of opportunity. Is it the land ofopportunity only for WASPs (white anglo-saxon protestants) and other white immigrants

who are culturally a little closer to the mainstream American culture? Or is it the land of

opportunity for all aspiring to achieve happiness and freedom?

How Immigrants Positively Contribute to the American Economy

Paul Zane Pilzer wrote a book on economics that is accessible to the layman. It waswritten in 1990, but the concepts are timeless, valid and pertinent in Unlimited

Wealth. Pilzer dedicates an entire chapter on immigration. Here are some facts that you

may not know about the positive contribution of immigrants to the American economy.

The "economic pie" is NOT finite. This is the premise of the entire book, UnlimitedWealth. Resources are not finite, as technology defines what is a resource and how much

of it we have. Resources are not finite. Jobs are not finite. Even money is not finite.

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Money is illusory, as illustrated so brilliantly by Peter Joseph in the Zeitgeist Addendum,

2008.

Immigrants should not be blamed for all the economic woes of this country, yet there is

historically a long tradition of using immigrants as scapegoats for labor and economic

woes. Immigrants contribute to increasing wealth, they do not take away wealth from alimited, finite economic pie.

Pilzer explains: "...every person [legal citizen or illegal immigrant] working in today'seconomy is a net economic plus to our nation." (page 133) Pilzer gives the math and

supporting documentation on this immigration fact.

Immigrants contribute more to the economy than they use in municipal services. Pilzerwalks through the math, explaining how immigrants contribute more to the health of the

economy than the municipal services that they use. He also explains how immigrants fill

jobs that would not otherwise be filled and that ALL workers, regardless of nationality or

legal citizen status contribute to the health of the American economy.

"...in addition to the obvious economic benefits, the Wall Street Journalhas continuallyobserved that the U.S. government is receiving more from undocumented immigrants in

the form of tax and social security deductions alone than the immigrants receive in public

services." (page 143-144. Footnoted source: "The Illegal Alien Non-Problem," Wall

Street Journal, 18 June 1976, 8.

Immigrants do NOT take away jobs from American citizens. Immigrant labor does not

drive down wages, either. Pilzer explains that study after study shows that the jobsimmigrants fill are complimentary to, not in competition with jobs filled by other

American citizens of minority nationalities. "Most of the jobs in this country held by

illegal immigrants are positions that Americans are not willing to take at any reasonablesalary," explains Pilzer. "Reducing illegal immigration will not necessarily lead to a rise

in wages and the employment of additional citizens." Pilzer explains that employers have

other options to raising the wages: going out of business, automation/mechanization, ormoving overseas and paying third world wages. (page 144)

Unlimited Wealth is full of footnotes with carefully documented research, studies,

reviews, books and experts on immigration statistics and demographics. The chapter onimmigration specifically covers the economic and demographic history of immigration

recruitment, immigration law, and the dynamics and repercussions both socially and

economically. Pilzer ends the chapter with a significant discussion of suggestions for asupplemental immigration system to help fill jobs to make this country economically

strong.

America: Land of Opportunity. Remember the original American dream. Remember.

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