The Nightmare Costs of the "Dream Act"

Politicians - not being the type to kick the tires or look under the hood - recently passed their version of the "Dream Act" in Maryland.  Had they dug a little deeper, they might have seen they were getting fleeced with bad numbers regarding the costs.

Should I even bring up the fact that taxpayers are being forced to pay for illegal aliens to go to college at the expense of their own children?  Nah - that'd be too "devisive".

Legislative Reference, which produced the figures, claimed that the tuition discounts were $800,000 the first year and $3 million annually in the third year. However, their figures were based on only 1 community college. The bill would impact all 16 community colleges in the state of Maryland.

The average discount benefit provided to illegal immigrant students at a community college would be about 12,000 dollars during a 2 year period. This taxpayer subsidized benefit would cost a minimum of 12 million dollars annually which would double every year as a new class enters. After four years, the total would be 48 million dollars in taxpayer subsidies based on a population of 1,000 illegal students. 

Now, it gets interesting. The state bean counters believed there may be as many as 5,000 illegal immigrant students attending every year. That number will dramatically increase the projected taxpayer subsidy to over 200,000 million dollars a year. 

Remember, after the illegal immigrant students receive their Associate's Degree at a community college, the next step is 2 more years at the University of Maryland or another college. The taxpayers' subsidy required for the final 2 years would be $32,000 per student. At 1,000 students that would equate to 32 million dollars in TAXPAYERS COSTS ANNUALLY. Using the state's figure of 5,000 students, the cost would be 160 million annually.

Did I mention this is money that goes to students living in the US illegally?  Yeah - I thought I did.