Illegal aliens at heart of woes
Article Launched: 10/15/2008 02:29:40 AM PDT


California is on the verge of bankruptcy. We have been living by credit card for years. Now the payments are past due.

I have an idea for how to balance the budget. California has valuable assets and multitudes of creative people who can and will prosper in this state when overregulation is drastically reduced and punitive taxes are rolled back.


But back to how to ease our debt quickly: 30 percent of our criminal prisoners are illegal aliens. Children of illegals born here are automatically citizens of the United States. We give free education, free health care, rent subsidies, aid to dependent children, food stamps and I'm sure you can think of more perks.


What do we get for our estimated $15 billion expenditure each year? Some people who work cheap and take jobs that a lot of Americans would do. They are working in construction, roofing, landscaping, food and housekeeping service.


If we need someone to pick lettuce, put prisoners and able-bodied welfare recipients in the fields. Send the illegal criminals back where they came from and build the fence. That will be the least costly. And that will balance the budget so we can deal with the growth of government and debit spending.


Val Lundsford

Vacaville


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