Posted on 01/31/2005 5:17:39 PM PST by ovrtaxt
I just took a cruise to Mexico. I was shocked and outraged at how unprotected I found our border.
There was no one to talk to about this issue, and I wouldn't know what to say if there was, but I can't stress enough just how unsafe we really are from anyone who wants to enter from Mexico.
To stress just how pathetic the border control was, There were liberals talking about it.
"Without a large supply of illegal (lacking legal status) workers, the farm economies of California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Florida and most of the Southeast would collapse."
How does Australia have a viable agricultural industry without being Mexico's neighbor?
I'd like to see Bush warned on GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
National debt due to hit 8 trillion soon...non defense spending up 12% annually over the past 4 years..
insane.
Where did you get that figure please? Here in Moorpark, they start at $10, you can haggle if there are bunch of "illegals" standing around.
"Hourly earnings of orange harvesters ranged from $4.50 to more than $11.00 per hour (Figure 1). Based on contracted piece rates and actual worker productivity, approximately 700, or six percent of harvest hours earned less than minimum wage, $5.15 per hour."
This from a University of Florida study. Cal is probably higher.
The Illegals I see are driving new pick-ups how do they do that on 2.00 per hr
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1332946/posts Different source... same thought...
1. He acted as if this is new - I wrote my Sen & Rep in NY in 1994 and have written various "leaders" since then. Their answers (both R & D) about "illegals" - "We are a nation of immigrants..."
<2>Rush said the American public gets what it wants. We are a Democracy. He said "most" Americans were pro abortion and they got it through the courts. Later, he stated that the liberals get what they want even if it is through court imposed decisions....The man needs help.
I also noted that no one mentions that the AT LEAST 6 million illegals use goods and services, often generated from "off shore" and they also send money "home". Thus we not only support them with our taxes, but "illegals" add to the Balance of Payments Deficit!
Beats me. Maybe Australian consumers are willing to pay more for asparagus than we are. Maybe their government agriculture subsidies are bigger. Maybe Australians work cheap. But for the US, having Mexico as a neighbor is a two-edged proposition, especially post-NAFTA. US ag producers are now competing with corporate farms in Mexico, so labor costs are a more important factor than ever.
Garden variety mules hiding their stash of dope no doubt.
I dunno--every time I drive through California farm country I see fields full of people picking stuff. Market forces in the form of higher prices, maybe.
"The Illegals I see are driving new pick-ups how do they do that on 2.00 per hr"
How d'you know they're illegals? A funny thing--my wife's from LA. Her Dad's full-blooded Italian. He's a cardiologist, lives in a very fancy part of LA. He's a gardening nut--keeps an old Ford pickup to haul manure and stuff in. He's constantly getting pulled over by the cops and asked for his ID.
BUsh has been firm on this issue, lockstep with Schwartzneggar, since day one. Rush isnt going to change his mind. Its not like it would hurt Bush's re-election chances.
Well better a little late than never
Could have used this from him years ago
jails would be half empty...
L.A. schools would be empty...
emergency rooms would be almost empty...
courts, lawyers, and juries...
hit and run drunk drivers...
the FREEWAYS would be OPEN... gosh, so many little things...
I still waiting for an answer to that myself. Yes, California is higher. The healthcare,schooling,law enforcement and incarceration costs for illegals is staggering.
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