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Old Posted Jul 19, 2007, 2:30 PM
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Originally Posted by SDCAL View Post
a mixed bag, some are some aren't; just because someone comes from Mexico or central america doesn't mean they don't have money, you are playing in to a stereotype that all latin american immigrants are desolate poor people trying to escape across the border to work in agricultural fields and that's not the case. Believe it or not, there are middle income to wealthy mexican immigrants
In your opinion (or you can base it on facts if you wish), what is the ratio of wealthy "south of the border" legal immigrants streaming north to invest their riches in the US and take advantage of cheap US labor, pro business attitudes and lax environmental laws vs. non-wealthy "south of the border" non-documented immigrants?

We will use a net worth of $100,000 as the baseline. I would say that the ratio is 10,000 to 1.

The next 40 years will certainly show a population increase. One thing to consider is that if you are planning to sell your McMansion in 20-25 years and retire on the proceeds, you may have trouble finding qualified buyers. Population trends indicate that the largest growing segment of the population/workforce will become less educated (by choice) and there will be higher competition for the lower paying jobs translating into less buying power per capita.

http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/futu...-achanging.pdf
http://pewhispanic.org/topics/index.php?TopicID=4
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