It’s not ‘saving’

Letter date: 
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Letter publisher: 
democratherald.com
Letter author: 
Jeani West
Letter body: 

Regarding the article in Saturday’s paper, “House passes immigrant tuition bill:”

I may be a little dense but could someone please explain to me how letting 38 to 80 illegal immigrants attend college on residential college rates in the next two years will increase our state’s revenue by $335,000 the first two years and an additional $1.6 million in the following two years?

Since residential tuition is $10,700 less than nonresidential tuition and they will all be going to school rather than working, how does this increase our state revenue?

Since they will not be eligible for state or federal aid, does this mean that we are now paying those 38 to 80 illegal immigrants $1.6 million in benefits?

If they are here illegally, then why are we paying them $1.6 million in benefits?

Now if I only have so much income coming in, and I don’t have to spend as much this month as last month, then my revenue does not increase because my expenses have decreased.

It’s all liberal logic. If you plan on spending $150 on a item but only spend $100, the liberals say you saved $50 even if you are still short $100. If you plan on raising taxes by 30 percent but only raise them by 20 percent, liberals think you get a tax cut of 10 percent, but to me it means I still have a tax hike of 20 percent, duh.

Jeani West, Sweet Home