Government Finances: First-Generation Immigrants and Jet Fighter

government finances: That's not exactly what that report says, according to CTV. It says immigrants contribute to government finances by paying taxes and add expenditures by consuming public services. A look at some of his claims in his prime-time speech to Congress According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America's taxpayers many billions of dollars a year. The report found that while first-generation immigrants are more expensive to governments than their native-born counterparts, primarily at the state and local level, immigrants' children are among the strongest economic and fiscal contributors in the population. We've saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by bringing down the price of the F-35 jet fighter. The report found that the long-run fiscal impact of immigrants and their children would probably be seen as more positive if their role in sustaining labour force growth and contributing to innovation and entrepreneurial activity were taken into account. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.