Racist master, 2009: "But Muffy, without our Mexican illegals, whover shall pick our lettuce cheaply?"
Choosing some cheap labor, 1860:
Choosing some cheap labor, 2008:
Posted on 04/25/2008 6:04:15 AM PDT by 300magnum
WASHINGTON - The government's plan to crack down on illegal workers could cost employers more than $1 billion a year and legal workers billions in lost wages, a study commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says.
Those costs are enough to trigger a federal law that would require the Homeland Security Department to analyze more thoroughly the effect of its proposal, said Richard Belzer, a consultant hired by the chamber to do the study. It was made available to The Associated Press on Thursday.
The department's proposed "no match" rule would require employers to fire workers who can't resolve mismatches between their name and Social Security number. The chamber opposes the proposal.
Belzer's study will be among public comments submitted to the Homeland Security Department on the proposal. The department could adopt the proposal after reviewing the comments. The deadline for comments is Friday.
Social Security sends no-match letters to employers. They often occur because someone is working illegally, but a mismatch can also take place because of typos, misspellings and name changes, among other reasons.
The Homeland Security Department issued average costs for employers based on how many employees they have and what percent might be unauthorized workers. It determined there would not be a heavy cost to employers.
Belzer, a former economist with the Office of Management and Budget, looked at overall costs and multiplied the average costs by the number of employers in each category. He also used the Homeland Security's estimates that 2 percent of legal workers a year would lose their jobs because they can't resolve the Social Security mismatch.
That adds up to between 37,000 to 137,000 unable to get work. Belzer estimated their lost wages would be from $8 billion to $37 billion.
Belzer said the crackdown could cost employers who have to carry out administrative paperwork when their employees are affected. The loss of employees could also affect a company's ability to produce goods.
His cost estimates are based on the department's now -suspended plan to enforce the no-match rule after the government sent 140,000 employers no-match letters, each with about 10 or more names. A U.S. district judge blocked the plan last October after groups opposed to it sued. The department is appealing.
A law in place since 1981 requires agencies to do a comprehensive study of proposed regulations if the cost exceeds $100 million, said Belzer, an independent consultant.
"This is 10 times that," Belzer said. "They haven't done the level of analysis that for almost 30 years would be commonplace."
Russ Knocke, the department's spokesman, said while the he is "not shy to talk about the virtues of no-match, it's difficult to talk about something I have not seen."
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8 billion illegals divided by 37 thousand equals $216,216. 8 billion illegals divided by 137 thousand equals $58,394.
Hmmmmm. $58K - $216K, I didn't know an illegal day laborer could pull in that mucho dinero. But, maybe my math is off.
I couldn't continue reading. We know their agenda.
No, I think we used to call it “fuzzy” math. Yours is fine, I’m sure.....
What a load of BS. Not cracking down on illegals has already cost legals hundreds of billions in lost wages.
And a crackdown on crack dealers costs them money too.
B F’n D
Maybe you forgot to add in the health care and education costs. Because if they weren't here allot of other people would be out of work. /sarc
I noticed they didn’t tackle the billion$ spent on illegals - by us - for their “free” medical care....nor the billion$ in welfare, et al., nor the billion$ spent keeping them up in prisons that are still much better than the homes they came from in Mexico. I am so weary of liberals telling me how good it is for me when someone breaks into my home and raids the quickly emptying fridge.
The words “alien” are not mentioned once in context with the phrase “illegal worker”. This article is nothing but a lie.
Should cost ‘em about $50K per head...
Racist master, 2009: "But Muffy, without our Mexican illegals, whover shall pick our lettuce cheaply?"
Choosing some cheap labor, 1860:
Choosing some cheap labor, 2008:
Shouldn’t the title read - “Employers cost themselves $billions by knowingly breaking the law”?
What a bunch of crapola. Any excuse NOT to enforce our laws....disgusting.
“The government’s plan to crack down on illegal workers could cost employers more than $1 billion a year”
There is always a price to pay when YOU BREAK THE LAW!!!!!
Absolutely.
T O U G H
Illegal worker crackdown would SAVE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS $10's if not hundreds of $ BILLIONS
The government’s plan to crack down on illegal workers could cost employers more than $1 billion a year and legal workers billions in lost wages, a study commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says.
Tuff.
Shouldn’t have them on the payroll anyway. It costs the US way more to keep ‘em.
I'm breathlessly awaiting a follow-up study by the Chamber on the cost to the average Joe Taxpayer who is currently carrying the elephantine costs of welfare, free hospital, education, food stamps etal afforded to these same illegals.
At least, "business" get to pass the costs on to their clients and customers. We schlumps get to pass the costs on to our offspring if we survive that long.
Leni
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