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Re:The $100k green card by jacquesm on Sunday December 11, 2011 @07:13AM (#3339913)
Immigrants are free to spend their money any way they want (or not at all).

For instance, they could send it abroad.

If they spend it on goods and services in the same economy that they earned it in then they are contributing again.

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Re:The $100k green card by mvc on Sunday December 11, 2011 @03:58PM (#3341057)
Even if they send their entire income back home, they'd still be contributing to the economy. The value of their work is worth more than the wages they receive (otherwise why would their employer hire them).
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