And, as NERA pointed out for DOE, the net economic benefits to America are greater the more the exports.

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Not only do high-skilled immigrants provide a net fiscal plus, but as Krugman says they buy houses, and the economic benefits of this for natives are higher when we are in a recession.

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Moreover, the DOE study concluded there to be a direct correlation between exports and economic gains: the more LNG that is allowed to be exported, the greater the net benefits to the United States economy in the form of real income.

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