Why do people say the economy will collapse without illegal immigrants?

Question

Ok, hypothetical situation. The government grows a pair and gets rid of all the illegals. What part of the economy will collapse? Can someone be specific?

My strawberries may go up by a dollar a pound. My life is ruined. I may have to mow my own lawn. Woe is me.

Our gas prices have doubled in a little over a year and everyone said the economy would collapse. Guess what? Americans adapted.

Maybe the government can take the money they burn on social services to illegals and subsidize the industries that will be affected by the loss of cheap labor.

The Center for Immigration Services quoted that in the year 2004, the Federal Government paid $11 billion in aid to illegals, combining education, food, prison costs, et al.

The average illegal family cost the government over $3000.

This does not include any state or local costs.

The average illegal immigrant family pays 28% of the taxes gathered by legal families in the same wage bracket.

What other facts would you like me to get or straighten? Seems pretty straight forward already.

I'll admit that some prices will increase, but the economy will not collapse. Also, there would be a positive effect on the economy from all of the money not been transferred in the Mexican economy by illegals wiring paychecks back to Mexico.

I've given the source of my numbers. Where do your numbers come from Lidia? And please don't say it comes from personal observation.

Answer 1

I guess the 90% legals will survive.

Answer 2

It's psychological warfare. Study after objective study proves that there would be no natural increase - but a created one - like the fake no-gas lines of the 70's.

In florida they are starting to cry. I've worked in places that needed 1000 unskilled workers in a very short time. They never ever had any hiring issues - in florida!

This is the argument:

We must give up our futures and our goals and dreams because only the hispanic community are the rightful heirs to America.

I'm gonna puke. I knew another guy that said his La Raza was the master race. What happened to him is what will happen to the liars that spit out this nonsense.

Answer 3

There are 11 million or more illegal aliens in the US. Like with gas prices, maybe the US economy will not collapse, but it will slow down. Eventually so many hits will cause it to collapse. America's trillions in debt already promise a speedier decline of the US.
Remember also that economic growth is based on population growth in the modern world. In America there is essentially no population growth except through immigration.

Answer 4

That's what big business wants you to believe ... and they have the money to pay for misinformation and propaganda ... now if they used that money to reduce the prices of the goods they produced with the help of illegal aliens who work for a pittance instead of banking it all or paying for muckrakers who spread **** and misinformation, maybe people could sit up and start using their little grey matter ... truth is, the economy would not collapse ... not even near ... but the corporations just might make a little bit less profit ... .

Answer 5

Because the belief is they are providing below market wages. This allows employes to keep prices lower. The biggest economic engine in the United States is the real estate market and many illegal immigrants are part of the construction trade.

Good Luck

Answer 6

Well, seeing as how there are approximately 12 million illegal immigrants in this country, who spend money on a daily basis by buying food, fuel, housing, among many other necessities of daily living, there will definitely be more than a few industries that will be affected by them not being here.
Also, get your facts straight, most social services are not given to undocumented citizens. The majority of these people have private insurance because they work full time jobs and rarely rely on public assistance.
Furthermore, most undocumented citizens pay taxes weekly/biweekly in their paychecks and yearly like the rest of us.

Answer 7

It's just propoganda, perpetrated by OUR government to TRY and convince us of this!!! It's nothing but SCARE tactics!!! We made it just FINE before,and we WILL again!!!

So is the, "work no one else will do", bullcrap!!! I have not found one job yet, that an American will not do!! If ALL the illegals were deported today,our economy would not collapse. In fact. we would be saving BILLIONS,and the GREEDY employers would have to actually pay a decent wage!! Actually, if all the illegals left, it would benefit them too in the future,when they came back LEGALLY,because the employers couldn't work them at slave wages,and they would have to give them benefits and medical!!!

Answer 8

Your costs don't include the bulk of education and health care costs, which are the most expensive costs. I've read that study, and it only included federal costs.

The economy would not collapse. Employers will have to pay more. THEY may collapse, but they'll get over it.

Answer 9

a lot of things will increase not just your fruits heres a situation
Hotels- hotels will have to increase the pay to the janitors and maids which means they might have to start paying their customer service people more. (I don't know any customer service person who wants to get paid as much as a janitor) Then after all that they have to increase how much they charge to the customer. Which will have an effect, people might not go to that location as much, which will effect the surrounding establishments and thats just with the hotels. Dont get me wrong I agree the illegals out to be kicked out and the companies that hire them out to be fined, its a hard thing to figure out $$ wise. And the president it trying to find middle ground. Gotta give him credit for that

Answer 10

Mexico would collapse as result of no money being sent back is the real reality