Its only make believe

Iowa was greeted by this headline from the Ragister...

Report: Illegal workers no burden

The report cited comes from the Iowa Policy Project.

According to O.P.P., err I.P.P.

undocumented workers pay nearly as much in taxes as citizens in Iowa, but they receive fewer government services in return.

Really?

Based on what?

Its an ESTIMATE based on two HYPOTHETICAL Iowa families, one legal and one illegal.

The researchers found that the undocumented family would pay about $1,671 in taxes - $1,254 in sales and excise taxes, $110 in property taxes (as part of their rent) and $307 in state income taxes. That's about 80 percent of the amount paid by an Iowa family with the same income.

You can't count paying rent as paying property taxes!

One of the people who produced the study then makes the the gigantic leap that...

If illegal immigrants are working with false Social Security numbers, they pay federal Social Security and Medicare taxes. It is possible for people with fraudulent documents to apply for state programs, but they are unlikely to do so for fear of getting caught.

Because their such law abiding citizens? Yeah sure!

I.P.P. says on its web site...

"Providing fact-based analysis to engage Iowans in an informed discussion of public policy..."

Estimates and Hypotheticals are not fact based and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I.P.P. is nothing more than a Fiberal front led by social activist David Osterberg.

BTW...In 2002, Osterberg and four colleagues toured Northern Europe on solar powered bicycles to bring attention to global climate change and explore renewable energy methods in other countries.

Solar Powered Bicycles?

The pedal kind were contributing to "Gore-bull" warming?