Economist article: Modi's secret weapon.
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There isn't a risk of it, it's guaranteed.
Notice how they're always waving their fucking flag around?
They're so proud of their shithole, just not enough to stay there and fix it. They're parasites!
Then why do Indian Americans pay so much tax?
https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-indian-americans-pay-6-percent-taxes-in-us-despite-being-only-1-percent-of-total-population-congressman-3016717
First of all, taxes are based on what you earn. It's not a donation to express how much you care about America. They pay their taxes to avoid getting arrested and deported. Second -- and I know you've NEVER thought about this -- consider how much money they remit to India!
That's up from $7.01 billion in 2020. In other words, that's $125 billion that has LEFT the U.S. economy (in just ONE year) because those parasites working here sent it to their families back in India, rather than saving or spending it here where it belongs. So, yes, despite paying their tax obligations (what kind of flex is that, anyhow?) they're literally BLEEDING our economy of BILLIONS year over year.
In any case, I was speaking of all immigrants in general, but since you wanted to make it so specific, there you go. And you couldn't have picked a worse demo, either. The largest recipient of remittances globally!
I am aware. Indians are the largest diaspora in the world, so they do remit a lot. However, you misunderstood one thing.
The $125 billion is not the entire sum of remittances to India from all countries, not just the USA. In 2016, 26% of remittances to India were from the UAE, compared to 22% from USA.
The link you provided from 2022 says 22% of remittances were from the UAE while only 18% is from the USA. It says that the later amounts to $16 billion.
A lot of the Indian nurses with funny accent you see in the West are from Kerala, a south Indian state. They are mostly Christians and they are the only ones who are ready to take up such jobs, wiping people's butts and taking care of them. They are exploited by Indian hospitals so they try to get "experience" in the Gulf before migrating to the West.
Kerala is ruled by Communist goons who have chased all the industries away with their mafia tactics. The youth are unemployed after acquiring useless degrees and are addicted to drugs and alcohol. The nurses and other Keralites remit money to India to help their relatives complete their education, clear debts, and find jobs in other states.
It's not just Kerala, expats from other states also try to improve their parent's living standards and make investments in India while living abroad. They also invest in real estate and in businesses.
You can live a very comfortable life in India with just $1000 per month - far less than that if you have your own place and can work from home. Things are extremely affordable. India has a lot of poverty so assistance from foreign-based Indians is very important.
So all that money didn't leave the US, a lot of it goes back to the States and funds its functioning, whereas a significant chunk of the remittance is from the Gulf countries.
There is zero risk of divided loyalty. If you thought there was even a chance of divided loyalty, a chance that some smidgeon of loyalty would be to you, yours, and your nation, you're woefully innocent.