🚀 go-pugleaf

Victor M. Martinez (martiv@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu) wrote:
: Dennis or Barbara Taylor  <denhou74@swbell.net> wrote:
: >You're half right Erik. Most illegals come here to work, THEN SEND MOST
: >OF THEIR PAYCHECK BACK TO MEXICO. Ever been in a Fiesta or Western Union
: >office on a Friday?

: You're half right too. They do send money back to Mexico (*after* paying
: taxes on it) but not most of it. Considering the cost of living there,
: especially in smaller towns (where most of these people come from).
: When I was in college, my parents sent me the equivalent to 400 USD per
: month and that was enough to pay rent, buy groceries, pay the maid, pay
: phone and utilities, buy clothes, go out and party, booz, etc.

	Mexicans send between four and six billion dollars per year
	to Mexico.  That is wealth removed from the American economy
	and is pretty much equivalent to colonialism.

: Cheers.

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: Victor M. Martinez, Jr.           |         The University of Texas at Austin
: martiv@che.utexas.edu             |        Department of Chemical Engineering
: http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv | "What do they think I am... an engineer?"
:   If we knew what we were doing it would not be called research, would it?