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CATO Study shows illegal immigrants are massive drain on society
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Date: February 4th, 2026 12:59 PM Author: Aren't you a middle-aged man? For each year from 1994 to 2023, the US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government. Over that period, immigrants created a cumulative fiscal surplus of $14.5 trillion in real 2024 US dollars, including $3.9 trillion in savings on interest on the debt. Without immigrants, US government public debt at all levels would be at least 205 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)—nearly twice its 2023 level. https://www.cato.org/white-paper/immigrants-recent-effects-government-budgets-1994-2023 |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:20 PM Author: Aren't you a middle-aged man? Every year from 1994 to 2023, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they received in benefits. Immigrants generated nearly $10.6 trillion more in federal, state, and local taxes than they induced in total government spending. Accounting for savings on interest payments on the national debt, immigrants saved $14.5 trillion in debt over this 30-year period. Immigrants cut US budget deficits by about a third from 1994 to 2023, and fiscal savings grew to $878 billion in 2023 (Figure 1). Noncitizens accounted for $6.3 trillion of the $14.5 trillion debt savings. College graduate immigrants accounted for $11.7 trillion in savings, while non–college graduates accounted for $2.8 trillion. The cohort of immigrants entering from 1990 to 1993, just before data collection began in 1994, was fiscally positive $1.7 trillion, and was still positive after 30 years in 2022–2023 (Table 1). Even including the second generation (see Box 1 for definitions), who are mostly still children who will become taxpayers soon, the fiscal effect of immigration was positive every year. Immigrants in all categories of educational attainment, including high school dropouts, lowered the ratio of deficit to gross domestic product (GDP) during the 30-year period. Without the contributions of immigrants, public debt at all levels would already be above 200 percent of US GDP—nearly twice the 2023 level and a threshold some analysts believe would trigger a debt crisis.8 |
Date: February 4th, 2026 1:03 PM Author: trad christian e-girl fucking 100s of random guys "karlstack" should do a "takedown" of these shabbos goyim imho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646399) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:05 PM Author: AZNgirl talking Selfie with Snow Leopard Handsome maga shits are taking retards takes on this
its just a fact, birdshits |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:09 PM Author: Angry Man Dinner Lmao you don't believe this shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646403) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 12:02 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49648435) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:10 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, any downsides then to just fully opening borders, op? seems the country would be very rich (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646405) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:11 PM Author: gibberish (?) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646408) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 2:20 PM Author: Guy Debord (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646603) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 2:32 PM Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois) There's a logical error in your inference, my friend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646635) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 2:51 PM Author: gibberish (?) Sure please go on...it smelled fishy to me. That said I'm certain there are a ton of leaps made in this 'study'. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646654) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 5:59 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647095) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:21 PM Author: George Jetson (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647537) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 12:08 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49648449) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:11 PM Author: gibberish (?) Therefore, as long as government expenditures and receipts for immigrants were not significantly different from the average person, that person must also have been fiscally positive.
Jfc and that's just scratching the surface. It's like the study that said on avg immigrants commit less crime. When in fact they compared socioeconomic groups, so all immigrants were basically compared to a ghetto in Chicago. |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:11 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646410) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 12:08 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49648451) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:15 PM Author: AZNgirl talking Selfie with Snow Leopard Handsome question for birdshits: when u birdshit loser trash leftovers of europe were shipped to US cause they had no other options were they a net drain on US when they sat arnd in slums not even speaking english sitting on their ass being prostitutes and eating shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646420) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:20 PM Author: Aren't you a middle-aged man? If you’re referring to the Irish and Italians the answer is obviously yes. Even if there was no social safety net. It’s despicable what the Irish have done to this country. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646446) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:22 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646452) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:33 PM Author: AZNgirl talking Selfie with Snow Leopard Handsome all birdshits have to go back unless 100% elite english, i dont want any other birdshits in MY country (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646481) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 3:00 PM Author: FUCK LIBS (TDNW) who was gonna be the cops and firefighters? you, Lt Weinberg? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646672) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 6:26 PM Author: goy orbison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647157) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:06 PM Author: Aren't you a middle-aged man? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647497) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:42 PM Author: richard clock this is about all immigrants, not just illegals. their section about illegals is all hogwash because the data they used doesnt specify who is illegal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646517) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 2:42 PM Author: sealclubber libs have scum for brains libs lie also, let's not count all the little welfare birthright children because durr durr they're not immigrants! also, let's only focus on households where everyone is an immigrant! also, let's just blend in rich legal immigrants paying full tuition at all colleges as part of the calculus libs have scum for brains libs lie |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 5:57 PM Author: michael doodikoff they try this sleight of hand all the time on reddit
they try to argue that some illegals are filing fucking tax returns.
when confronted about this, they argue that they are paying sales tax and having withholdings that never benefit them taken from their salaries (I doubt many illegals are w2 employees but what do I know) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 5:59 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647097) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:46 PM Author: AZNgirl talking Selfie with Snow Leopard Handsome the reality is the bottom 75% of US society is a drain on US society incl a majority of birdshits (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646526) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:51 PM Author: Darnell note that this is a WHITE paper and therefore contains all the implicit bias that comes with such a piece. for a WHITE paper to conclude this is truly remarkable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646541) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:53 PM Author: FUCK LIBS (TDNW) Lmao fuck these cunts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646547) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 1:56 PM Author: wait till biggus dickus hears of this Moreover, in higher education in most states, illegal immigrants usually must pay full tuition.21 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646558) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 2:13 PM Author: peeface wow CATO continues its 50 year crusade to ruin America by shilling for open borders and slaves for big business. who expected that.
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Date: February 4th, 2026 2:15 PM Author: FUCK LIBS (TDNW) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646593) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 2:33 PM Author: AZNgirl talking Selfie with Snow Leopard Handsome birdshits ruined amerikkka by adopting judaic onlyfans meth niggerish culture (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646636) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 8:15 PM Author: .,.;,;.;,.;;..,..;,;..,.,,.. cr.
few things are more predictable than CATO publishing bullshit analysis in favor of open borders. |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 2:56 PM Author: Gavin Newsom I like this, impoverish the countries who lost these productive taxpayers while simultaneously making our country a lot more brown, all for slightly more tax revenue to pay for programs I'll never use (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49646665) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 5:48 PM Author: DrakeMallardxo (🦆) This counts increased property taxes on everyone from illegals flooding an area as immigrant contributions
134 The percent of property values from immigration (the bottom row in Table A2) that has come from immigration was then multiplied by residential property tax revenue attributed to the US-born in the NASEM–Cato model. In this way, we estimate the property taxes paid by the US-born population that are the indirect result of immigration-generated higher property values. These revenues are added to immigrants’ property tax revenues |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 5:51 PM Author: FUCK LIBS (TDNW) (((CATO))) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647073) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 5:59 PM Author: michael doodikoff that's such an incredible stretch, even for libs, that it is almost unbelievable that they would even try it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647096) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 6:00 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647099) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:15 PM Author: some on social media This bullshit lie is a walk in the park for pro illegal immigrant libs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647255) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:14 PM Author: Aren't you a middle-aged man? CATO Institute libs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647515) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 6:47 PM Author: the discombobulator Ljl
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Date: February 4th, 2026 6:55 PM Author: richard clock oh what a benefit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647209) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 9:43 AM Author: rubberneck shitty analysis almost always is because you start off with a predetermined outcome you are trying to validate instead of looking at things objectively. 80% of the time this is the case, other 20% is having the work done by retards. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49648167) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 12:09 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. Almost like this "study" was designed to advocate for mass immigration. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49648455) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 6:17 PM Author: sealclubber similarly, the cato institute found that the cessation of illegal immigration at the border since trump's second term began has caused a financial windfall for the mexican drug cartels. previously, said cartels endured wear and tear on their vehicles and incurred other costs in getting illegals to and across the us border such as providing food and housing. in addition to the financial windfall, cartels are able to focus on more nefarious activities that do not benefit the united states. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647135) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 8:04 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, lol just share the link (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647373) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 12:06 AM Author: michael doodikoff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647802) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 6:25 PM Author: goy orbison Damn we should move every single person in the world here imagine how wealthy we'd all become (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647156) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 6:28 PM Author: some on social media Funny they were unable to make their home countries rich and vibrant with so that valuable human capital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647160) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:57 PM Author: Ass Sunstein This is bullshit because they have "citizen" kids who receive tons of benefits. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647356) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:03 PM Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,, Yes - and I'm sure they're all paying their hospital bills, always have car insurance, and are definitely not remitting money back to their home country.
Also, I'm sure in this they are accounting for the fact that not only do their kids go to public school, they all get aides because they don't speak the language. But yeah, I'm sure somehow the math works out that a gardener making $13,000 a year pays enough in taxes to cover 3 full time aides for his kids at school.
This is all just such an obvious thought experiment. Take a wealthy suburban zip code with 10,0000 people and an average HHI of $450,000. Now add 10,000 illegal immigrants making $25,000 per household per year. I'm sure the level of services, and the cost of such services, stays exactly the same right? |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:04 PM Author: Covid was a Hoax fuck you deport them all (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49647488) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 11:09 PM Author: sealclubber they are scum. they lie. they are faggots. even if illegal immigrants were a net benefit, the principled response would still be to deport every one of them. of course they aren't, but it's a red herring we are a country. we have a border. we have a legal means of entry and we have legal immigration. libs have shit for brains |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 12:07 AM Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded) To be fair,
What's the max IQ to actually believe this, and what % of smug shitlibs who completely buy into this are ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED that they are extremely intelligent?
(I'll bet that both of those figures would be hilarious.) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 10:45 AM Author: Aren't you a middle-aged man? Incredibly poast moniker synergy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49648280) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 12:08 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5830938&forum_id=2).#49648453) |