ESR | October 23, 2006 | Federal Reserve Bank assisting illegal alien lawbreakers — Here’s a story for you. This is going on while we are trying to build a wall? What gives?
While the mainstream news media are hard at work covering the Rep. Mark Foley “Pagegate” scandal or helping the Democrats to achieve their dream of capturing control of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Federal Reserve Bank is working with the Mexican government to make it easier for illegal aliens to export US money to their homeland.
The Fed is currently devising several programs that will extend banking services to illegal aliens, according to The Wall Street Journal. Most of this money transfer scheme is being created under the radar and few, if any, political figures are discussing the subject.
One proposal is for a new remittance program with the ultimate goal of bringing illegal Mexican aliens — who send money home — into the mainstream the US financial system, regardless of immigration status. In other words, The Federal Reserve Bank is attempting to aid lawbreakers in moving their cash around in the US and Mexico.
“Directo a Mexico,” the name of the program, enables US commercial banks to make money transfers for Mexican workers through the Federal Reserve’s own automated clearinghouse, which is linked to Banco de Mexico, the Mexican central bank. Few Americans are aware of the connection between the Fed and foreign banks and this program would be just another that exists in the shadow world of international banking.
Re #30 (Steve S) –
Your source please?
It took me 2 minutes to find an article that explains that the ‘facts’ that you name are unsubstantiated and of questionable veracity. (I see that it is Pat Buchanan.. while not just quote Micheal Savage while you are at it.)
Take a look:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2006/08/23/banishing_factoids
Also, you are taking into account direct income -vs- expense, without taking into account the much larger side benefit of lowered costs to consumers in general. Even if what you say were true such as the $2700 deficit per household, the saving that you personally incur by the presence of illegal aliens far exceeds the questionable amount that you quote. Things would be much more expensive were it not for that underground labor. And it is that ‘invisible’ economic benefit that far outweighs the direct costs.
How do I know that your figures are not true? There is no way to measure Tax income -vs- Expenses from a phantom population. When I buy something, I pay sales tax.. do they check my status then? Illegals buy cars, gasoline, food, houses, consume electricity, etc. All of this helps the economy and provides tax revenue, and NONE of it is tracked.
Re 32 (Steve)
FWIW
From Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/taxes.asp
According to the most controversial study of those discussed here, the benefits and costs of immigration to the United States in 1992 add up to a total net cost to all levels of government of $42.5 billion. This study, by Donald Huddle, was sponsored by the Carrying Capacity Network, a nonprofit group that advocates major reductions in immigration to the United States. “The Costs of Immigration” (Huddle 1993) uses estimation procedures that include a variety of errors. When these errors are corrected, the post-1970 immigrants in Huddle’s study actually show a surplus of revenues over social service costs of at least $25 billion.
And that excess $25Billion is just revenues. As I indicated before, the hidden benefits of low wage labor is not included in these studies, just direct costs.
In reality, we have MUCH bigger iussues to worry about than the costs of illegal labor.
The budget of the DOD is $500 Billion annually, we are running a trade deficit of $700 billion annually, out budget deficit is about $300 Billion annually, we are paying $70 billion per year in pure interest payments just to China.
Every year there is a high profile scapegoat issue, and this year it happens to be illegal immigration. The issue is important, but it is mainly a distraction tactic to move our eyes away from far more important issues, such as the long term economic health of the US.
Awake wrote:
“In reality, we have MUCH bigger iussues to worry about than the costs of illegal labor.”
Agreed.
Whatever the true cost or benefit of illegal immigration (or many other high profile issues for that matter) in reality it pales in comparison to the primary economic issues facing the US.
Steve
I’ve taken a quick look at your postings, which are very interesting. Lots of material and ideas! Congrats on being so focused!