Trump admininistration rejects its own study about refugees 'cause they don't like the results.

[Johan]

The Trump administration rejects its own study finding refugees help the economy

The Trump administration rejected a study conducted by its own Department of Health and Human Services finding that refugees had a net positive value in the United States over the past decade, according to a recent report by the New York Times.

The study found that between 2005 and 2014, refugees “contributed an estimated $269.1 billion in revenues to all levels of government” through the payment of federal, state, and local taxes — which far outweighed their cost to the country. “Overall, this report estimated that the net fiscal impact of refugees was positive over the 10-year period, at $63 billion.” When the study was completed in July, however, it was never publicly released, and the Trump administration dismissed the findings.

From the New York Times : White House officials said those conclusions were illegitimate and politically motivated, and were disproved by the final report issued by the agency, which asserts that the per-capita cost of a refugee is higher than that of an American.

The rejected report contradicts the common refrain throughout Donald Trump’s campaign and presidency so far that refugees are an economic burden and a security risk. In a speech to the United Nationals General Assembly on Tuesday, the day after the Times published its report on the study, Trump insisted that the substantial costs of uncontrolled migration are borne overwhelmingly by low-income citizens whose concerns are often ignored by both media and government, an idea that was disputed not only by the HHS study but by the majority of research on immigration as well.

The Trump administration has a habit of ignoring research that contracts its policy positions. Another recent New York Times report found that scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency were concerned that the findings of 13 federal agencies on the effects of climate change happening right now would never be released to the public. The administration has made no secret of its dismissal of climate change, even banning the term at some federal agencies.

That appears to be what’s happening with the research on refugees at HHS as well. According to the Times report, chief policy adviser Stephen Miller, a crusader against even legal immigration, “personally intervened in the discussions on the refugee cap to ensure that only the costs — not any fiscal benefit — of the program were considered.”

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-poli...istration-rejects-study-refugees-help-economy

 

[meesterperfect]

The study found that between 2005 and 2014, refugees “contributed an estimated $269.1 billion in revenues to all levels of government.

Wow, now that is some really super duper accounting right there.
They went back 9 years to the present and added up all the costs and revenues that every single refoogee generated "To all levels of GOV" and came up with a number.

Think about how much that would involve? And I'm the conspiracy nut.

 

[Mayhem]

You were conditioned to say that.

 

[Johan]

The study found that between 2005 and 2014, refugees “contributed an estimated $269.1 billion in revenues to all levels of government.

Wow, now that is some really super duper accounting right there.
They went back 9 years to the present and added up all the costs and revenues that every single refoogee generated "To all levels of GOV" and came up with a number.

Think about how much that would involve? And I'm the conspiracy nut.

through the payment of federal, state, and local taxes

So, to get the revenues, you just cross the refuge database with the taxes database
And to get the costs, you just cross the same refugee database with the welfare database.
Then you do the maths and here's you net fiscal impact of refugees.

It mays seem way too complicated to you but that's because you're not very bright to say the least...

 

[meesterperfect]

More insults around here.
Far out. One guy calls another guy names, then that guy calls another and around and around we go.

So you just "cross the refuge database with the taxes database".
So you identify all the refugees who entered in the usa in a 9 year stretch, children also?.
Add up all the money and things that cost money they recieved. Medical, insurance, housing, ect ect ecte ect.
Plus the governments cost in all of it, the Red Tape, which is probably the greatest factor by far.
Correct so far?
Then you add up all the taxes all the refoogees paid in those years right?
And you subtract the difference?
Its that easy correct?
And the number came to $269,100,000,000 ?

Thats 269.1 billion dollars to the GOV ?
The US GOV made 269.1 BILLION DOLLARS off the deal?
Boy those refoogeees must all be professional athletes or something.