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Immigrants inherently contribute to American society in the following ways: 1. They pay taxes. 2. They spend their money on goods and services supplied by Ame
by ziyadb 15y ago
Immigrants inherently contribute to American society in the following ways:
1. They pay taxes.
2. They spend their money on goods and services supplied by American businesses.
That constitutes contribution to American society. If anything, immigrants should be actively sought.
- SamReidHughes 15y agoActually their contributions are 1. They pay taxes. 2. They work. Their spending of money on goods and services is what they take out of the system.
- Eurofooty 15y agoThey do the unpleasant jobs most Americans would consider below themselves. They pay taxes. They should expect acceptance and political representation for it.
- SamReidHughes 15y agoYou are not talking about anything I was talking about. Why are you replying to me?
- matthewowen 15y agothat isn't correct. demand for goods and services drives economies.
- SamReidHughes 15y agoNo, demand for money to pay for goods and services is what drives economies. Immigrants contribute to society by working in exchange for that money.
- jacquesm 15y agoImmigrants are free to spend their money any way they want (or not at all). For instance, they could send it abroad. If they spend it on goods and services in the same economy that they earned it in then they are contributing again.
- mvc 15y agoEven if they send their entire income back home, they'd still be contributing to the economy. The value of their work is worth more than the wages they receive (otherwise why would their employer hire them).
- yummyfajitas 15y agoWhile it's true that demand for goods and services increases GDP, it's not good for any person. It's better for any individual consumer to live in a world where demand (and therefore prices) of the goods they consume is low. The only exception is where the number of immigrants present creates beneficial economies of scale. For example, without the many Indian immigrants in Jersey City, Sri Ganesh's Dosa House probably would not have sufficient business to continue operating.
- burgerbrain 15y ago"While it's true that demand for goods and services increases GDP, it's not good for any person. " Nonsense. If I, as a red blooded "non immigrant" (what the fuck does immigrant really mean? who cares where I was born?) sell widgets, and "immigrants" love to buy lots of widgets, it is trivial to see how this is good for me.
- X-Istence 15y agoWe pay taxes, and we spend money in America on American goods. I can only speak for myself, but the money I make doesn't leave the country (other than through huge corporations and their outsourcing :P). The one thing we do not have though is a way to influence the political landscape of the country as we are not allowed to vote. So ultimately with a green-card there is taxation without representation, which I myself find quite ironic as the United States was founded on the principle that it was wrong to pay taxes and not be represented...
- known 15y agoThey DON'T spend their money on goods and services supplied by American businesses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittance#Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittance#Asia
- ziyadb 15y agoDo they not purchase clothing? Food? Housing? Leisure items? Vehicles? Electronic devices? Basic necessities? That are designed and produced by Americans, sold by Americans in American stores in America? As for remittance, I believe that people are free to spend their disposable income however they wish.
- Symmetry 15y agoUnless they aren't eating or sleeping while they're in the US, they're still spending some of their money on US businesses. And remittances are by far the most effective form of foreign aid...