The housing business is one of the biggest beneficiaries of unrestrained growth. The industry routinely paints itself as providing a vital service to the community, while neglecting to mention that home construction demands huge infrastructure investments by taxpayers. This amount exceeds by far the tax burden placed on the new resident. The infrastructure includes facilities for schools, sewage, transportation, parks, water services, libraries, storm drainage, fire protection and electric power generation. Make no mistake.
Immigration is expensive for the taxpayer.
The price tag for infrastructure alone is very high, not to mention the costs for ongoing services. Immigration is another way in which the costs are socialized and the profits are privatized, with developers and similar industries being the big winners. But with immigration advocates insisting on endless population growth, no land will be safe. The half billion Americans of 2050 will all require housing and other expensive infrastructure. Today's park may well be tomorrow's housing development.