guess what....

[Lyle Tuttle]

At 08:00 PM 7/29/2009, you wrote:
>I moved here and the illegal alien problem doesn't seem to be a 
>problem. I had forgotten about it! Almost everyone here is an alien 
>of some sort (legal or not).

Perhaps you are looking at the wrong source.....we now have a $3 
Billion deficit.....check out these numbers in bold blue.........

<http://www.examiner.com/x-16231-Maricopa-County-Conservative-Examiner>Maricopa 
County Conservative Examiner


AP-Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued a 
<http://azgovernor.gov/dms/upload/PS_Governor%20Brewer_072709.pdf>press 
release on Monday, July 27th indicating that she intends to leave the 
calendar for the week of July 27th through August 2nd, "open for 
budget meetings with the Arizona legislature."

The state is facing a significant 
<http://www.examiner.com/x-16231-Maricopa-County-Conservative-Examiner%7Ey2009m7d8-Governor-Brewer-signs-10-billion-dollar-budget>financial 
crisis that has resulted in a 2 billion dollar shortfall after the 
Governor rejected a balanced budget passed by lawmakers that she 
said, "cut too deeply from critical state services such as K-12 
education and health care for the poor." The Governor called a 
special session that began on July 6th, but it has proven 
unproductive since many lawmakers were attending conferences and 
events hosted by lobbyists back east, away from the hot weather and 
hotter budget issue.

Currently, the Governor has provided the legislature with a blueprint 
for 
<http://www.azgovernor.gov/documents/AZBudget/2010/Sources-and-Uses.pdf>closing 
the revenue gap that includes an odd assortment of tax increases and 
other unusual measures. Among the proposals is the sale and lease 
back of government owned buildings and prisons, as well as borrowing 
against future lottery income. Critics contend that this is a short 
sighted approach to the budget, since the leases on the buildings 
will become an expense, and vital future lottery revenue will be 
unavailable, committed instead to this year's budget.

Particularly troubling are the proposed tax increases during what is 
arguably the worst recession the state has ever faced. The Governor's 
tax plan includes a one cent increase in the sales tax, which 
translates into a 
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0730ahcccs30.html?&wired>$438 
a year cost to the average family. Allowing the state equalization 
tax rollback to expire will place an additional $58 per year property 
tax burden on an owner of a $270,000 home. These increases are in 
addition to the reduction in services such as the 220 million cut to 
the K-12 education system and the 40 million cut to the state 
University system.

Interestingly, there is no mention of curtailing the cost of illegal 
immigration in any state budget plan. 
<http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters5e3f>A 
2004 study places the cost of educating the children of Arizona 
illegal aliens at 820 million annually. The uncompensated medical 
expenses are estimated to be 400 million, and the cost to incarcerate 
illegal alien prisoners is 80 million annually. Even accounting for a 
positive economic impact of 257 million, the price tag for Arizonans 
to subsidize the illegal population is almost 1 billion every year.

The illegal immigration problem accounts for nearly half of the 
entire budget deficit. The savings would be enough to completely 
eliminate the need for a sales tax increase, or in the alternative, 
restore all of the operating budget reductions for 2010.

These are not theoretical numbers. Next year, Arizonans will have 
less for themselves and their families, and the quality of their 
children's education will be degraded. Services for the states poor 
will also be lessened in order to support the illegal alien community.

One can only hope that lawmakers use of tax dollars mirrors their 
constituents' priorities, and that Arizona families approve of paying 
more in taxes and receiving less in services for the benefit of illegal aliens.
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