Re: “Here anyway,” June 12.
The writer claims that “undocumented persons” are significant contributors to the economy due to their existence in schools. How is that even possible?
There is no economic benefit from children who are in school. Taxpayers do, however, pay for their education in addition to any free meals they are provided with, after-school care, and income-based state preschool.
Also, even if a person spent $30,000 per year on gas and other household goods, that only adds $2,700 in tax revenue in the form of sales tax at 9 percent.
Educating one child costs more than that.
Most taxes are paid in the form of property taxes.
Simply saying that there is a benefit to something does not make it so, especially when the arguments and examples are flawed.