Thread: Cheap Labor

CHEAP LABOR?

Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?

Businesses don't want to pay a decent wage,
consumers don't want expensive produce,

Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs
but the bottom line is cheap labor.

"The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie.

There is no such thing as "cheap labor."

Take, for example, an illegal Mexican who sneaks in here with his
wife and five children.

He takes a job for five or six dollars an hour.

At that wage with six dependents he pays no income tax, yet at the
end of the year if he files income tax he gets an "earned income
credit" of up to $3,200 free.

He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent,

He qualifies for food stamps.

He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.

His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.

He requires bilingual teachers and books.

He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.

If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled they qualify for SSI.

Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for medicare.

All of this is at that taxpayers expense.

He doesn't have to worry about car insurance, life insurance, or
homeowners insurance.

Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed
material.

He cannot be fired, harassed, or sued.

He and his family receive the equivalent of $20 to $30 an hour in
benefits.

Working Americans are lucky to have $5 or $6 an hour left after
paying their bills and his.

They also pay for increased crime, graffiti, and trash cleanup.

Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT!"

You are so right!!!

You should send this to every member of Congress and the White House.

Even though they should know...many seem to have forgotten.

Thanks for the clarity!

Great SAWDUST!

Words of Truth.

Nice job Sawdust... so true!

Supposedly the price of lettuce would go up 10 cents a head if salaries were doubled for agricultural workers and only legals were hired. I'd pay this and more in a heartbeat if given the chance. We are selling ourselves out far too cheaply.

I said it once, I'll say it again. Vote "Sawdust" for Congress!

I can even afford health insurance, i am paying $ 1000.00 a month !!!

Illegal immigration is so out of control!! GWB wants it that way , so we can have cheap labor for his corporate friends, so they can compete in the global market, while our quality of lfe and wages get diluted.

I know of an illegal alien that brought his father from Colombia, had a full surgery here in New Jersey for free, a $175000.00 procedure free !!
then he went back home and bought a new car to celebrate his free !recovery! while we got the bill!!, this is bs.!!

I just got a prescription for allergy drops, it costed me $90.00 what a rip off!!, I pay taxes, I eat, live and breath American!! why am I getting shafted???

what's wrong with this picture!!!!

Originally Posted by redwhiteandbluelatino

I just got a prescription for allergy drops, it costed me $90.00 what a rip off!!, I pay taxes, I eat, live and breath American!! why am I getting shafted???

Welcome, rw&bl! Glad to have you aboard.

To answer your question about getting shafted...........you're an American citizen, that's why.