A few days ago, I received this from a Buddy of mine. I can’t vouch for its authenticity but I believe it.
Subject: Tomatoes &Cheap Labor (serious e-mail)
This should make everyone think, be you Democrat,
Republican or Independent
From a California school teacher - - -”As you
listen to the news about the student protests over
illegal immigration, there are some things that you
should be aware of:
I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language
department at a large southern California high
school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning
that its students average lower socioeconomic and
income levels.
Most of the schools you are hearing about, South
Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, etc.,
where these students are protesting, are also Title
1 schools.
Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free
lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I’m not
talking a glass of milk and roll — but a full
breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that
would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food
is monumental, with trays and trays of it being
dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I estimate that well over 50% of these students
are obese or at least moderately overweight. About
75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also
provides day care centers for the unwed teenage
pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can
attend class without the inconvenience of having to
arrange for babysitters or having family watch their
kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department
or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even
though there was little need for anything; my budget
was already substantial. I ended up buying new
computers for the computer learning center, half of
which, one month later, have been carved with
graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously
feel humbled and grateful to have a free education
in America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I have had to intervene several times for young
and substitute teachers whose classes consist of
many illegal immigrant students here in the country
less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the
female teachers, calling them “Putas” whores and
throwing things that the teachers were in tears.
Free medical, free education, free food, day care
etc., etc., etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled
to not only be in this country but to demand rights,
privileges and entitlements?
To those who want to point out how much these
illegal immigrants contribute to our society because
they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they
like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in
the real world of illegal immigration and see the
TRUE costs.
Higher insurance, medical facilities closing,
higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of
education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases
etc., etc, etc. For me, I’ll pay more for tomatoes.
We need to wake up. The guest worker program will
be a disaster because we won’t have the guts to
enforce it.
Does anyone in their right mind really think they
will voluntarily leave and return?
There are many hardworking Hispanic/American
citizens that contribute to our country and many
that I consider my true friends. We should encourage
and accept those Hispanics who have done it the
right and legal way.
It does, however, have everything to do with
culture: A third-world culture that does not value
education, that accepts children getting pregnant
and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to
assimilate, and an American culture that has become
so weak and worried about “politically correct” that
we don’t have the will to do anything about it.
If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine,
forward this to everyone you know.
CHEAP LABOR?
Isn’t that what the whole immigration issue is
about?
Business doesn’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 alien with a wife
and five children. He takes a job for $5.00 or
$6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he
pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if
he files an Income Tax Return, 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 (our)
taxpayer’s expense.
He doesn’t worry about car insurance, life
insurance, or homeowners insurance.
Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs,
bulletins and printed material.
He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00
to $30.00/hour in benefits.
Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or
$6.00/hour left after paying their bills and his.
The American taxpayer’s also pay for increased
crime, graffiti and trash clean-up.
Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people.