Hispanics will not contribute $1 trillion by end of decade

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Amid Immigration, Home Depot Adds Spanish

Submitted by Sacha Pitoeff, Jan 23, 2007 12:43

In the article on Home Depot adding Spanish language signs, this professor at NYU, Marcelo Suárez- Orozco, is quoted as saying that Hispanics will add $1 trillion to the nation's economy by the end of the decade.

Assuming 50 million Hispanics in 2010 (the figure given is 37.5 million today), then that means a contribution of $200,000 per person. Since the U.S. per capita income is $40,000, it just seems like a preposterous figure that this professor is floating.

Preposterous as is almost every argument for illegal immigration I have heard. These people just cannot think logically and reasonably and admitting them to this country in such numbers and without demanding assimilation is going to ruin this country.

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Candace Bronson

Mar 4, 2007 06:02

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MARIETTA MAIORCA

Jan 26, 2007 18:26

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Sacha Pitoeff

Jan 23, 2007 12:43

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Rick Lamb

Jan 23, 2007 09:44

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Russell Salazar

Jan 23, 2007 12:21

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Craig Lee

Jan 23, 2007 16:36

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TRICIA POOLE

Jan 23, 2007 17:26

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Peter Evensen

Jan 23, 2007 17:51

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