Republicans Are Killing Alabama’s Economy
February 1, 2012 at 8:31 PM Leave a comment
You get what you vote for:
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Alabama’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, widely seen as the toughest in the United States, could cost the state’s economy up to $10.8 billion, according to a new study.
The Alabama law, passed in June, requires police to detain people they suspect of being in the United States illegally if they cannot produce proper documentation when stopped for any reason, among other measures.
A cost-benefit analysis released this week by University of Alabama economist Samuel Addy estimated up to 80,000 jobs could be vacated by illegal immigrants fleeing the crackdown, costing Alabama’s economy up to $10.8 billion.
The lost jobs would cost Alabama up to $264.5 million in lost state sales and income taxes, and as much as $93.1 million in lost city and county sales taxes, it found.
At the low end of the range, Addy found the crackdown could cost the state economy $2.3 billion.
A U.S. appeals court blocked Alabama from enforcing parts of the law, including a provision that permits the state to require public schools to determine the legal residency of children upon enrollment. But the court left most of the law untouched.
Last summer I posted about farmers in Alabama who were suffering due to this new law which was passed, seemingly, without an ounce of study. (Republicans think ignorance is cool, after all.)
Alabama, is it any wonder you’re 50th in just about everything?
Like I said above. You get what you vote for.
Entry filed under: Republicans, Including Wingers & "Moderates". Tags: alabama law.
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