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eyesopened -> RE: Immigration debate, legal charges against employers (5/27/2010 5:54:09 AM)
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First, using the spacebar between sentences and the enter key between paragraphs makes it a lot easier to read posts.
Second, I would agree that purchasing cheap goods from overseas suppliers or outsourcing production to make it cheaper is a problem. The difference in labor costs really don't increase the consumer costs by enough to make it really beneficial to the consumer. Granted, there are people who will drive 20 miles out of their way to save 20-cents but that's not what drives the economy.
The theme of this thread is about immigration and employers who knowingly hire illegals in order to increase their own profits. It's not about outsourcing. You could start a thread. It would be interesting.
I did a little research and in cases where superstores hire outside cleaning contractors, the illegals were being paid in cash, in what worked out to be about a $2 under minimum wage. But without any taxes of FICA deducted, the workers take home in cash roughly what a payroll employee would. How the workers are being exploited is that the employer pays no Worker's Comp insurance, and if you can keep the "official" number of employees under a certain number you can claim small business status and in some cases get favorable status for bids, loans, insurances, etc. It makes it harder for businesses who do follow the laws to compete with the lawbreakers.
So let's fight the super-corporations on a different thread. Let's encourage the cleanup of businesses who break the law for their own profit.
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