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Originally Posted by liveforadream
"The MIT study, by researcher Patricia Cortes, estimated that the low-skilled immigration wave of the 1990s — much of it outside the bounds of immigration law — raised the "real wages" of college graduates by 0.71 percent, and of high-school graduates and people with some college by 0.59 percent."
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A College graduate making $50,000 a year who's real wages went up .71% would enjoy an additional $.17 cents per hour or $6.80 per week or $27.20 per month or $326.40 per year pre taxed. Over $49,999 a year is in the 15% tax bracket. $326.40 X 15% tax = $48.96. $326.40 - $48.96 = $277.44 additional income per year after taxes or $23.12 per month or $5.78 per week. Now this will buy you 1.44 gallons of mid grade gasoline once a week. The high school grad would get substantially less.
Seriously livefor, do you feel this is worth the additional taxes spent?