Read this whos to blame for our economy, its NOT the POOR MIGRANTS.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/market-crash-2011-it-will-hit-by-christmas-2011-02-22


I AM NOT SAYING DONT CLOSE THE BORDERS. I AM SAYING STOP THE HATE.

Before you Scream and show Ignorance and Hate at least read the Immigration Law regarding Undocumented Immigrants.


1. Myth: Undocumented immigrants are getting government services for free.

REALITY: They actually give more than they take. Over the past two decades, most studies that have tried to estimate the fiscal impact of immigration in the United States have concluded that the tax revenue generated by immigrants —both legal and undocumented— exceeds the cost of the services they use. Thus, an Economic Report of the President published in 2005 estimated that all immigrants, regardless of status, paid on average US$80,000 per capita more in taxes than the cost of the government services they were expected to use over their lifetime. Stephen C. Goss, the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration, said that by 2007, the Social Security trust fund had received a net benefit of somewhere between US $120 billion and US $240 billion from undocumented immigrants. That represented 5.4% to 10.7% of the trust fund’s total assets of US$2.24 trillion that year. The Social Security Administration estimates that two-thirds of unauthorized immigrant workers (about 5.6 million people) were paying into the system in 2007. Unauthorized immigrants paid a net contribution of US$12 billion in 2007 alone.

2. Myth: Undocumented workers do not pay taxes.

Reality: They do, and in several different ways. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the majority of undocumented immigrants pays income tax using, among other mechanisms, Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN’s), while most employers withhold federal, state and local taxes from such workers. In fact, between one-half and three-quarters of undocumented immigrants pay federal and state income taxes, Social Security, and Medicare taxes.Undocumented immigrants pay the same real estate taxes—whether they own homes or taxes are passed on to them through rents—and the same sales and other consumption taxes as everyone else. The majority of state and local costs for schooling and other services is funded by these taxes. Additionally, the U.S. Social Security Administration has estimated that three quarters of undocumented immigrants pay payroll taxes, and that they contribute US$6-7 billion in Social Security funds that they will be unable to claim (Porter 2005). This amount, moreover, keeps accumulating, generating US$6 to US$7 billion in Social Security annual tax revenue, and an additional US$1.5 billion in Medicare taxes. This money, according to the 2008 annual report of the Social Security Board of Trustees, will help reduce the SSA’s projected longterm
deficit by 15%, which is equivalent to a 0.3% rise in the pay roll tax.


3. Myth: Undocumented workers are a burden on the U.S. economy.

Reality: Immigrants not only pay taxes, but they also contribute significantly to the economy.

In a 2007 report, the White House Council of Economic Advisers concluded that, because immigrants increase the size of the total labor force, they complement the U.S. born workforce, and stimulate capital investment by adding workers to the labor pool. Immigration increases the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by roughly US$37 billion each year.9 Given that employment has been the main driver behind undocumented immigration to the U.S. in recent decades, it should come as no surprise that this group is particularly hard working and has a high employment rate (96%).10 Moreover, beyond undocumented immigrants, the Hispanic community as a whole has increasingly contributed to the U.S. economy. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanic owned firms increased by nearly 44 percent between 2002 and 2007, growing from 1.6 million businesses to 2.3 million. Employment at Hispanic-owned firms also grew by 26 percent from 1.5 million to 1.9 million workers, a growth rate significantly higher than that of non-minority-owned firms. Hispanic-owned businesses generated US$345.2 billion in sales in 2007, up 55.5 percent compared with 2002. And finally, of all Hispanic-owned firms with multiple employees, approximately 44,000 have revenues of more than US$1 million, representing an increase of more than 51 percent over 2002.

4. Myth: Undocumented immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans.
REALITY: Undocumented Immigrants differ from U.S. citizens in their economic sectors and occupation.

Among unauthorized immigrants in the labor force, 30% are service workers and 21% are construction workers. An additional 15% are production and installation workers. Two-thirds (66%) of unauthorized immigrant workers are employed in these three broad categories; by contrast, only 31% of U.S.-born workers perform those jobs. Unauthorized immigrants provide an important source of manpower in agriculture, construction, food processing, building cleaning and maintenance, and other similar jobs, at a time when the share of low-skilled, U.S.-born individuals in the labor force has fallen dramatically. Not only do unauthorized immigrants provide an important source of low-skilled labor, but they also respond to market conditions in ways that legal immigration presently cannot. Undocumented inflows broadly track economic performance, rising during periods of expansion, and stalling during downturns. Undocumented immigration is sensitive to labor market demand. Immigrants are more likely to work in seasonal activities, such as agriculture, which suffer the largest job losses during downturns. Therefore, the size of the immigrant population changes in response to economic downturns or expansion. Immigration is not the cause of today’s high unemployment rates. In fact, reliable estimates show that immigration levels —both undocumented and applications for H-1B visas for high-skilled professionals— have fallen along with the economic downturn. In the longer term, however, the U.S. economy is also likely to need immigrant labor as the fertility rate in the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is projected to fall below the replacement level by 2015-2020. The number of workers age 55 and over will likely increase by 49%, compared to projected increases of only 5% among those 25 to 54 and 9% among the 16 to 24 age group, creating a gap in the population pyramid between the economically active population and those in retirement age that is likely to be filled by immigrants.

5. MYTH: Undocumented immigrants are a burden to the healthcare system.

REALITY: Quite the contrary, immigrants contribute more than they take.

Federal, state and local governments spend approximately US$1.1 billion annually on healthcare costs for undocumented immigrants, aged 18-64, or approximately US$11 in taxes for each U.S. household. This compares to the US $88 billion spent on all health care for non-elderly adults in the U.S. in 2000. Foreign-born individuals tend to use fewer health care services because they are relatively healthier than their U.S.- born counterparts. For example, in Los Angeles County, “total medical spending on undocumented immigrants was US$887 million in 2000, 6% of total costs, although undocumented immigrants comprise 12 percent of the region’s residents.” A 2007 study based on data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey found that “undocumented Mexicans and other undocumented Latinos reported less use of health care services and poorer experiences with care compared with their U.S.-born counterparts.” In 2007, the Oregon Center for Public Policy estimated that undocumented immigrants pay state income, excise, and property taxes, as well as federal Social Security and Medicare taxes, which “total about US$134 million to US$187 million annually.” In addition, “taxes paid by Oregon employers on behalf of undocumented workers total about US$97 million to US$136 million annually.” As the report goes on to note, undocumented workers are ineligible for the Oregon Health Plan, food stamps, and temporary cash assistance. A study by the Iowa Policy Project concluded that “undocumented immigrants pay an estimated aggregate amount of US$40 million to US$62 million in state taxes each year.” Moreover, “undocumented immigrants working on the books in Iowa and their employers also contribute annually an estimated US$50 million to US$77.8 million in federal Social Security and Medicare taxes from which they will never benefit. Rather than draining state resources, undocumented immigrants are in some cases subsidizing services that only documented residents can access.”

6. MYTH: Undocumented immigrants are responsible for higher crime rates.

REALITY: Current and historical studies show instead that immigration is associated with lower crime rates and lower incarceration rates.

Since the early 1990s, as the immigrant population, especially the undocumented one, increased to historic highs, the rates of violent crimes and property crimes in the United States decreased significantly, in some instances to historic lows - as measured both by crimes reported to the police and by national victimization surveys. Moreover, data from the Census and a wide range of other empirical studies show that for every ethnic group without exception, incarceration rates among young men are lowest for immigrants, even for those who are the least educated. This holds true especially for the Mexicans, Salvadorans, and Guatemalans who make up the bulk of the
undocumented population. These patterns have been observed consistently over the last three decennial censuses, a period that spans the current era of high immigration. One can also recall similar national level findings reported by three major government commissions during the first three decades of the 20th century. The lowest incarceration rates among Latin American immigrants are seen for the groups who account for the majority of the undocumented: the Salvadorans and Guatemalans (0.52 percent), and the Mexicans (0.70 percent).


THE BOTTOM LINE: Undocumented immigrants are an important component of the U.S. economy. They meet the labor demand in sectors in which they do not directly compete with U.S.-born workers. The great majority of migrant workers are taxpaying, hardworking, and law-abiding people who are integrating into U.S. society.

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THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE PAYING MORE TAXES THAN YOU THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IMMIGRANTS AND TAXES:
Q: “Is it true that illegal immigrants don’t pay taxes and drain our economy?”
A: As Ben Franklin said, “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Like the rest of us, unauthorized immigrants pay taxes on their property and anything they buy. More than half of them have taxes taken out of their paychecks, but because our immigration system is dysfunctional, these taxes are paid under false Social Security numbers. We need a new regimen in which we know who is paying taxes and can ensure that no one is getting a free ride. The only way to do that is to pull unauthorized immigrants out of the shadows and get them on the right side of the law.
Three state-level studies have found that unauthorized immigrants pay more in taxes than they use in benefits. In Iowa, unauthorized immigrants pay an estimated $40 to $62 million in state taxes, while they and their employers contribute an additional $50 million to $77.8 million in federal, Social Security, and Medicare taxes from which they will never benefit. In Oregon, unauthorized immigrants—who are not eligible for any state benefits—pay between $134 million and $187 million in taxes each year. Finally, in Texas, the State Comptroller found that, without unauthorized residents, the gross state product in 2005 would have been $17.7 billion less.
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The economics of immigration, Stephen C. Goss, the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration and someone who enjoys bipartisan support for his straightforwardness, said that by 2007, the Social Security trust fund had received a net benefit of somewhere between $120 billion and $240 billion from unauthorized immigrants.

That represented an astounding 5.4 percent to 10.7 percent of the trust fund's total assets of $2.24 trillion that year. The cumulative contribution is surely higher now. Unauthorized immigrants paid a net contribution of $12 billion in 2007 alone, Goss said.

Previous estimates circulating publicly and in Congress had placed the annual contributions at roughly half of Goss's 2007 figure and listed the cumulative benefit on the order of $50 billion.

The Social Security trust fund faces a solvency crisis that would be even more pressing were it not for these payments.

Adding to the Social Security irony is that the restrictionists are mostly OLDER AND RETIRED WHITES from longtime American families. The very people, in other words, who benefit most from the Social Security payments by unauthorized immigrants.

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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Would Boost the Economy & Help ALL American Workers: As opposed to the mass deportation, enforcement-only approach, addressing and fixing the immigration system in a wholesale manner will be a boon to the U.S. economy and all U.S. workers. That is why both the AFL-CIO and Change to Win created The Labor Movement’s Joint Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda conducted a 2010 report for the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center that found that “Unlike the current enforcement-only strategy, comprehensive reform would raise the ‘wage floor’ for the entire U.S. economy—to the benefit of both immigrant and native-born workers.” According to the study, granting legal status to undocumented immigrants and creating flexible legal limits on future immigration flows would generate enough consumer-spending to support 750,000-900,000 jobs. The report also found that the mass deportation approach would reduce GDP by 1.46 percent annually, amounting to a loss of $2.6 trillion over 10 years.

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The Undocumented Immigrants pay the exact same amount of taxes like you and me when they buy Things, rent a house, fill up gas, drink a beer or wine, buy appliances, play the states lottery and mega millions . Below are the links to just a few sites that will show you exactly how much tax you or the Undocumented Immigrant pays , so you see they are NOT FREELOADERS, THEY PAY TAXES AND TOLLS Exactly the same as you, Now if you take out 10% from your states /city Budget what will your city/state look like financially ?

Stop your folly thinking , you are wise USE YOUR WISDOM to see the reality. They pay more taxes than you think, Including FEDERAL INCOME TAX using a ITN Number that is given to them by the IRS, Social Security Taxes and State taxes that are withheld form their paychecks automatically.

Taxes, paid by You & the Undocumented are the same in each state check your state : http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales.html

GAS Taxes paid by you & the Undocumented are the same. Go to and check out your states tax; http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastaxes.asp

Cigarette Taxes paid by you & the Undocumented are the same, check this out in : http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/cigarett.html

Clothing Sales Taxes, are the same paid by you & the Undocumented Immigrant; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_States

City Taxes, are the same paid by you or the Undocumented, since he pays rent and the LANDLORD pays the city : http://www.town-usa.com/statetax/statetaxlist.html

Beer Taxes, are the same paid by you or the Undocumented: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/beer.html

TAX DATA : http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/245.html



Eight million Undocumented immigrants pay Social Security, Medicare and income taxes. Denying public services to people who pay their taxes is an affront to America’s bedrock belief in fairness. But many “pull-up-the-drawbridge” politicians want to do just that when it comes to Undocumented immigrants.

The fact that Undocumented immigrants pay taxes at all will come as news to many Americans. A stunning two thirds of Undocumented immigrants pay Medicare, Social Security and personal income taxes.

Yet, nativists like Congressman Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., have popularized the notion that illegal aliens are a colossal drain on the nation’s hospitals, schools and welfare programs — consuming services that they don’t pay for.

In reality, the 1996 welfare reform bill disqualified Undocumented immigrants from nearly all means tested government programs including food stamps, housing assistance, Medicaid and Medicare-funded hospitalization.

The only services that illegals can still get are emergency medical care and K-12 education. Nevertheless, Tancredo and his ilk pushed a bill through the House criminalizing all aid to illegal aliens — even private acts of charity by priests, nurses and social workers.

Potentially, any soup kitchen that offers so much as a free lunch to an illegal could face up to five years in prison and seizure of assets. The Senate bill that recently collapsed would have tempered these draconian measures against private aid.

But no one — Democrat or Republican — seems to oppose the idea of withholding public services. Earlier this year, Congress passed a law that requires everyone who gets Medicaid — the government-funded health care program for the poor — to offer proof of U.S. citizenship so we can avoid “theft of these benefits by illegal aliens,” as Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., puts it. But, immigrants aren’t flocking to the United States to mooch off the government.

According to a study by the Urban Institute, the 1996 welfare reform effort dramatically reduced the use of welfare by undocumented immigrant households, exactly as intended. And another vital thing happened in 1996: the Internal Revenue Service began issuing identification numbers to enable illegal immigrants who don’t have Social Security numbers to file taxes.

One might have imagined that those fearing deportation or confronting the prospect of paying for their safety net through their own meager wages would take a pass on the IRS’ scheme. Not so. Close to 8 million of the 12 million or so illegal aliens in the country today file personal income taxes using these numbers, contributing billions to federal coffers.

No doubt they hope that this will one day help them acquire legal status — a plaintive expression of their desire to play by the rules and come out of the shadows. What’s more, aliens who are not self-employed have Social Security and Medicare taxes automatically withheld from their paychecks.

Since undocumented workers have only fake numbers, they’ll never be able to collect the benefits these taxes are meant to pay for. Last year, the revenues from these fake numbers — that the Social Security administration stashes in the “earnings suspense file” — added up to 10 percent of the Social Security surplus.

The file is growing, on average, by more than $50 billion a year. Beyond federal taxes, all illegals automatically pay state sales taxes that contribute toward the upkeep of public facilities such as roads that they use, and property taxes through their rent that contribute toward the schooling of their children.

The non-partisan National Research Council found that when the taxes paid by the children of low-skilled immigrant families — most of whom are illegal — are factored in, they contribute on average $80,000 more to federal coffers than they consume. Yes, many illegal migrants impose a strain on border communities on whose doorstep they first arrive, broke and unemployed.

To solve this problem equitably, these communities ought to receive the surplus taxes that federal government collects from immigrants. But the real reason border communities are strained is the lack of a guest worker program.

Such a program would match willing workers with willing employers in advance so that they wouldn’t be stuck for long periods where they disembark while searching for jobs. The cost of undocumented aliens is an issue that immigrant bashers have created to whip up indignation against people they don’t want here in the first place.

With the Senate having just returned from yet another vacation and promising to revisit the stalled immigration bill, politicians ought to set the record straight: Illegals are not milking the government. If anything, it is the other way around.

The writer of this fiction ought to be sued for libel. Hey Barry..... illegal aliens aren't "immigrants." They're criminals, arsehole.

I and Shirley Lertzman - a Jewish member of the Los Angeles Grand Jury - started the so-called white supremacist group I headed in California. Shirley and I worked closely with Dr. B. Meredith Burke, a demographer (also Jewish), to document the economic impact of illegal immigration on California.

Tom Barry is ether misinformed or malicious.

First, I need to state that I can't stand Arizona and backward hateful people that live there. With that out of the way, this article was awesome - comprehensive and well-supported. I hope the state regains a grasp on reality, and that the old white tea partiers eventually move on to that great desert in the sky. Thanks.

Ha, Mr. wannabe-army man Glenn Spencer sure loves Jews. That's why he wrote an article called "Is Jew-Controlled Hollywood Brainwashing Americans?"

Anyway, back to planet earth. This article may be too charitable toward Arizonans, when it comes right down to it. The author is basically arguing that economic well-being is enough to keep most Arizonans from exercising their racist anti-immigrant tendencies. Yeah, they have bigoted views, but their concern is essentially economic. I'm not sure that's correct, but I hope it is, because it's easier to improve the economy than to change people's deeply engrained attitudes.

I do agree that the federal government bears the greater blame. The leadership has to come from there, but I doubt I'll be impressed by the form it takes.

THE LEFTIST DREAM OF AN OPEN BORDER SOCIETY, DEMOCRATS WAITING FOR MORE VOTES AND REPUBLICANS FOR CHEAP LABOR TO EXPLOIT AND SUBSIDIZE THE ENORMOUS PROFITS.

Its sad that our schools are crammed to the limit with children of illegal aliens. They come here--and never paid a single penny into the education system. States are burdened by unfunded mandates including schooling for illegal children, which when analyzed billions of dollars paid out of American people's empty pockets. Now State colleges are demanding more money from taxpayers, to subsidize the wishes of bleeding hearts, open border brain dead leftist and socialist insanity. California is an education mess, that must look to parents to subsidize pens, paper and textbooks owing to the States descent into a disastrous financial pit. Governor Jerry Brown is pushing for a Statewide Dream Act, will further erode the California education. This will mean even more State hands outs and higher taxes for property owners. The outcome is our own children are getting less of an education, because of obscure Liberal laws. Each State now has accumulated so much debt from the occupation of people from across our national border and economic tourists with no return airline tickets. England was so frustrated with economic health tourist, that they are slamming the door on people turning up from impoverished regions of the world, then slap taxpayers with the bill. Unlike the United States of America that has become the free health care center for central and Latin America, Eastern Europe and other poor areas of the world.

The Tea Party is discussing now with its tens of millions of members, to possibly joining up with pro-sovereignty organizations who are ready to unseat corrupt politicians, who have flip-flopped over immigration laws in Utah and Arizona and States further afield. There is also talk of communicating the word to the membership of all organizations--to boycott--the corporate instigators that forwarded a veiled threat in a letter to the Republican Arizona Senate. At the head of the table was the US Chamber of Commerce that have been fully involved in crippling E-Verify to a voluntary basis amongst other laws, just like that old speck of a Senator Reid in Nevada.

THE WORD IS OUT THAT UTAH, IS WELCOMING ALL THE ECONOMIC REFUGEES FROM ARIZONA

Word of mouth will resonate across the border with Mexico, and internally throughout America and hundreds of thousands of economic illegal aliens will be arriving in lenient States. If illegal aliens think they can get drivers licenses in Washington State, New Mexico they will be pouring in from everywhere. They will pillage your welfare safety-net for all your impoverished citizens and legal residents, just as they have in the Sanctuary State of California and Nevada.


Utah doesn't have any conception of what is going to happen to them, once the illegal aliens start whispering to each other? The flood will turn into a deluge and all those under threat in Arizona and in other States building policing laws will become persona non grata. They will materialize in the hundreds of thousands in Salt Lake City, Ogden and start lining up for the food Stamps, Medicaid and anything else they can get for free. The kids will suffocate the school system and they will have no choice but to hire more bilingual teachers. These people are well taught on how to wring the most welfare programs from the system, including free breakfasts and lunches for their children. They are well aware as in California the more babies they conceive that they can receive $600 dollars for each child in their care. One only has to read on the Internet that there is a fraudulent game going on with child tax credits.

The hospitals will be crammed with the newly sick and arrive in the emergency room with 4 or five children and then Utah's old folks, will have to wait 4 hours or more for treatment as the numbers grow. In one hospital in Texas there are a hundred illegal aliens on dialysis machines, costing taxpayers $100.000 dollars annually for each patient. Explore the Pdf file "Illegal Aliens and American Medicine." http://tinyurl.com/o6r27 Remember this is not about honest, law abiding legalized people who are of many religions, creeds or races. This is about illegal immigration and the consequences now and in the immediate future. Anybody who really believes the US government, or the leftist newspapers or groups with special incentives that there is--ONLY--11 million unauthorized persons here, must have an insanity claim.

Just as in the Sanctuary State of California is overwhelmed with welfare classes, so will Utah. Neighborhoods will become the scene of rusty, derelict cars and the business owners will exploit them and enjoy obscene profits. Oh! But we must not forget the growing prominence of DUI (Drunk While Intoxicated.) Hit and runs will begin to escalate and more drug peddlers will move in, to sell their toxic wares to young children. Soon--more prisons will have to be constructed to incarcerate the murderers, kidnappers, home invasion crime, female and children assaults and other criminal enterprises. Just like California, Nevada and other refuge States, your debt will be accelerating because you will be forking out large sums of money like never before, to support Utah's own little invasion. GOD HELP UTAH!! If this law for Guest Workers is found constitutional these illegal persons with their extended families will suddenly appear

To repeat this statistic--that for every 1 dollar spent by illegal immigrants, they receive 3 to 4 dollars in service and public entitlements. According to (FAIR) one hundred and thirteen billion went out the door in federal entitlements, for education, health care and incarcerations; these dollar numbers are not what States payout. Each State has its own cross to bear, with no aid from the US government. CONTACT THE ARIZONA OR LOCAL TEA PARTY TO JOIN AND ERADICATE THIS TRAVESTY PLAYED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

America isn't a melting pot anymore, it’s a powder keg.

First, Barry does not understand that "immigrant" includes people like Albert Einstein; and "illegal immigrant" exclusively includes people who break the law, including the three so-called "immigrants" that were charged earlier this week in a sting operation trying to trade cash and methamphetamines for a Stinger missile, grenades, rocket launchers and other military equipment. The author further failed to recognize that Hezbollah is working with the cartels to invade our southern border for the purpose of bringing down America.

Arizona's laws are not "anti-immigrant" as Mr. Moral Holiness (the author) seems to insist. They are pro law enforcement. The law that isn't enforced happens to be federal, not Arizona law.

The author failed to mention that someone recently was, in fact, beheaded in Phoenix and this was determined to be a cartel hit.

The author failed to mention that 50% of illegal immigration comes through Arizona's southern border. If we seal that border then it might be easier for them to come thru Boston. According to Border Patrol sources, one out of five illegal aliens they catch already has a violent criminal record.

Seven out of ten groups entering illegally are carrying drugs and weapons, according to the Border Patrol.

Arizona is the poorest state in the nation because it is filling up with illegal entrants that bring poverty and infectious diseases with them. Many of these entrants immediately require hospitalization or incarceration and it is up to the taxpayers of Arizona's border counties and not you self-righteous easterners-- to foot the entire bills for their health costs. This is an unfunded federal mandate. No charitable help that I am aware of has been coming from uppity judgmental Boston journalists.

I could go on but my point is it's one thing to know what you are talking about and another just to spread baseless, slanted inflammatory gossip about your fellow countrymen when you are not armed with all the facts. A journalist's job is to fairly present all the facts. This article is a primary example of some kind of a self-righteous hack pretending to be a journalist.

Mr. Barry, why don't you come to the Arizona border, camp out on the San Pedro River there a few nights unarmed on federal lands since you think Arizonans are irrational gun nuts, and then write your story, if you live to tell it.

AZ Citizen: Self-righteous, hate-mongering, uppity, judgmental Boston journalist Tom Barry lives in New Mexico: http://borderlinesblog.blogspot.com/p/about-tom-barry.html

Also, please explain how "Hezbollah is working with the cartels to invade our southern border for the purpose of bringing down America" constitutes a fact.

Also, Arizona is not growing poorer because of illegal immigrants. Its economic downfall—during the great recession—coincides with a decrease in the number of illegal immigrants there. Arizona's economic crisis is a product of the housing bust, as this article amply explains.

Also, Brewer made claims about beheadings last summer. The incident you mention occurred last October, and the police didn't confirm a cartel connection until this month. So, in fact, she did make those claims without evidence. She claimed something happened months before it evidently did, which makes her either a fortune-teller or a liar.

If you're concerned about drugs and weapons crossing the border, then advocate for the termination of the war on drugs, not some border-security fantasy.

I don't know how in the hell the right wing in Arizona are called Republicans.
Since I've been here, all they've done is raise my taxes, written the most anti-business legislation I've ever seen, and grown the size & power of the state government by taking away the ability to self govern from cities, counties, and districts. At least they can't screw up the weather.

I moved to Phoenix from Cincinnati a few years ago. I was recruited for a job...

The people in Arizona are obnoxious, preening and conceited. I feel like I moved into an extra hot monkey cage at the zoo, caught between packs of angry chimps as they hurl clumps of shit and screech at each other all day. Scottsdale moms spit (through their collagen filled duck bill lips) at opposing team's kids at soccer matches. You learn not to use your turn signals in traffic because people will speed up to try to block you from changing lanes and to give you a look at the bumper sticker plastered ass of their SUV. Every strip mall seems to sell either guns or botox and I swear if I can figure out how to make a handgun that shoots botox injections I'll make millions.

Luckily the legislature has conveniently swept the funds away from city and county fire investigators, legalized consumer fireworks, and my homeowners insurance fully covers my underwater mortgage.
Anyone hiring accountants in Boston?

Urban sprawl gone really, really bad.

is being watched by the Southern Poverty Law center

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/glenn-spencer

He was scheduled to speak to the AZ legislature, but was uninvited.http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/03/17/20110317arizona-border-watch-leader-uninvited.html

I guess one of the first signs of extinction is truncating education. As extinction begins it makes sense to start killing off our children, and since we can't do THAT, we put the stranglehold on their growth and development.

It is not immigrants that the people with the loud voices wish to protest it is the poor. Those human beings from Mexico, Guatemala and other South American countries that are so visible because they build your houses, wait tables and wash the dishes in your restaurants, pump gas and clean your hotel rooms. But, you say nothing about the Canadian, European or American developer that has hired them because he makes more profit when he pays lower wages; all the while not realizing that if you had stronger construction unions in your State that your unemployed son might be working for a decent wage on a long-term job instead of just having enrolled in a drug rehabilitation program.

Phoenix, Arizona is a complete joke in itself. If you go to downtown Phoenix, you see more university students walking around than working professionals. Its just laughable.
Students walking around like zombies is the best scam this state can produce, after the housing bubble!

So the Tea Party is wrecking Arizona? So what is California's excuse?

Oh Yeah, there are a bunch of Nazis in Arizona. Oooo those evil people. Demonize. Demonize...

You wouldn't like it here at all, especially if you're an illegal alien. Best to stay far away.

Leftist extremists spreading their hate and ignorance about Americans and the Tea Party again... yawn...