The Conservative wrote:Not to mention, in 2014 numbers, the amount your state spends on illegals is more than 20 states have as entire budget....
My state also makes more money than like 20 states do combined. Economies of scale
Your link cited a single study that was undertaken with a foregone conclusion and doesn't take into account the amount of state tax we pay here. The issue is about how much FEDERAL money we pay compared to what we get back, also in scale
On top of that, Californians don't seem to have the outright hysteria about illegal immigrants that the rest of the country, that actually doesn't have to deal with them, does.
The US needs CA more than CA needs the US. Its a fact.
Our economy is larger than France and Brazil for fuck's sake