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hoolstoptheheels

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Well, I have a strong fundamental disagreement with you.


Not surprisingly - I think the pushback against this immigration wave is no different from any other immigration wave in our history. So I don't see immigrants risking life and limb to come here illegally to earn day-laborer type wages as flipping the bird at anyone.

"We" haven't established that the word trickle is inaccurate - you have unilaterally done that. I strongly disagree. As I do with the notion that I am "hiding" behind %'s. Why am I using the US population instead of the world's? Because we're talking about immigration into the US. If you'd like, let's use the word "material" instead of "trickle" - then, I am just applying a concept I learned in Audit 101 in the Comm school. As an auditor you determine if something is "material" to financial statement presentation by determining how large the issue is compared with the relevant universe - that could be shareholder equity, or total assets or a specific measure, like an expense. Whether the item in question requires further investigation depends on whether it is "material" to the thing you're measuring - under 1% will tend to be immaterial every time. Thus, in this case, my use of the word "trickle". Stated differently - a cup of water poured into a quart container is significant. If you pour it into the James River, it is barely a trickle.

Breitbart's numbers are a cup being poured into the James River. And of course your whole rant ignored the biggest point - which is that total number of illegals in the country is estimated to have declined slightly over the past decade. So you can't have a significant net inflow.


(In response to this post by TomKazanski)

Posted: 09/13/2018 at 3:55PM



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Just a trickle, right hoolstoptheheels? -- TomKazanski 09/13/2018 1:42PM
  By "they" do you mean southerners? ** -- WahooRQ 09/13/2018 7:27PM
  Hokies ** -- ConnHoo 09/13/2018 7:28PM
  The word you are looking for is work. ** -- Shenhoo 09/13/2018 3:41PM
  Mexicans own you. ** -- WahooRQ 09/13/2018 2:56PM
  PSA- Breitbart link ** -- Capital City Hoo 09/13/2018 2:40PM
  I don't object to securing borders. I object to fear mongering. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/14/2018 08:39AM
  It stops their vote importing strategy ** -- TomKazanski 09/13/2018 9:42PM
  Math? Emotions work much better.** -- HoosWillWin 09/13/2018 2:46PM
  They sure do, don’t they? ** -- Hokieesith 09/13/2018 3:20PM
  If you are -- HoosWillWin 09/13/2018 4:02PM
  Gaawwdd. Please just go away. ** -- HoosWillWin 09/13/2018 4:30PM
  Show me. ** -- Hokieesith 09/13/2018 4:38PM
  You realize these are just the ones apprehended? -- TomKazanski 09/13/2018 2:42PM
  Did the Democrats ... -- HowieT3 09/13/2018 3:25PM
  Should be a safe bet with tom and wad -- Shenhoo 09/13/2018 4:32PM
  Do you really, truly believe that Tuck? -- hoolstoptheheels 09/13/2018 3:59PM
  You're on to them! -- Beerman 09/13/2018 3:38PM
  Whew! Thought you had the pee tape. ** -- Shenhoo 09/13/2018 2:14PM
  Thank God W wrecked the economy. ** -- Shenhoo 09/13/2018 2:15PM
  Ugh. NSFW warning please -- Beerman 09/13/2018 1:47PM
  An unsourced number in a Breitbart article! ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 09/13/2018 1:46PM

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