Posted on 04/15/2005 7:33:29 AM PDT by onyx
Americans may do them where you live but they won't do them in Texas or southern California.
Generally, you would say that the illegals were doing the worst of the work or the gopher work. Those that were legal would be the painters and the supervisors.
I wonder how long it will be before we have Al Quaeda installing D5 warheads. I'm sure we could save a few bucks.
We allow a wide variation of workers with a wide variation of skills and earning capacity. These workers are worthy subjects of dicussion but are not germane to the problem of illegals.
This country need a large number of unskilled workers. The issue is how we get them.
I suspect that have little awareness of what it is like elsewhere.
Why do we need a large number of unskilled workers? We're paying hordes of slack-jawed young males welfare to hang around in the 'hoods, go to drug rehab and impregnate slack-jawed young females to squeeze out crack babies. Give them the choice between doing the unskilled jobs "Americans are too lazy to do" or moving out of their gubmint subsidized flat.
And if we really needed a large number of unskilled workers (such as we did during World War II), then get them here legally and withhold a portion of their pay until they return home.
Or, have them line up a sponsor who will be financially liable if the decide to live off the gubmint teat or do crime. Do not let border crashers have the same rights as those who come here legally.
Well, they have to be allowed to do some checks on the paperwork, then. As it stands, they can't question documents.
That is self-defeating.....but I am sure Congress loves it.
Lo-o-o-ow bid! Time to review other bids received and rejected out of favor for this "special" group of workers.
Is, Before shooting off at the hip, you should have your facts straight. How do you ASSUME that the contractor did not pay taxes on those employees ? Also, to use the word "Criminal" someone has to commit a crime. A crime is defined as someone who "Knowingly" skirts the law. Did you read where ICE says the employees used false documents to be employes, and as for the mis-spelled docs, that person may have been deported a couple of times and had other documents made that were not the originals used to gain employment??? After all, the article said they had been employed for up to 1 year !!!
Just Some FOOD for thought !!!
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