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Lockedaway which is it...did you pay the illegals a "very fair wage" or did you hire them because you "needed cheap labor"?

Both!  I didn't pay my skilled carpenter/mason/electrician/plumber/cabinet maker...yes, he does all of that and more...$55.00 per hour to dig a ditch.  I paid $10.00 per hour to anyone that would take the job...high school kid, the people hanging out at McDonald's, etc.  So...did I use illegal alien labor?  I probably did.  Do I regret it?  No.  Like I said, if my government is not going to protect the borders, I am going to do business on the playing field they have allowed to exist.

Just so you know, however, you can't rent an apartment from me without having a valid, New Jersey driver's license.

You are probably a sub contractor without a license.... Like Joe the Plumber

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You mean the system that sucks up as much of my tax dollars as it can

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Perhaps 62% of bankruptcies has some medical debt, but that is different than 62% of bankruptcies were because of medical debt.

Well, in Canada, and most of the rest of the western world, 0% of bankruptcies are because of medical debt. Just something to consider.

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Perhaps 62% of bankruptcies has some medical debt, but that is different than 62% of bankruptcies were because of medical debt.

Well, in Canada, and most of the rest of the western world, 0% of bankruptcies are because of medical debt. Just something to consider.

If the same criteria is used, I bet there are. Does the government pay your spouse's salary for the 6 months he is recovering from triple bypass?

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Lockedaway which is it...did you pay the illegals a "very fair wage" or did you hire them because you "needed cheap labor"?

Both!  I didn't pay my skilled carpenter/mason/electrician/plumber/cabinet maker...yes, he does all of that and more...$55.00 per hour to dig a ditch.  I paid $10.00 per hour to anyone that would take the job...high school kid, the people hanging out at McDonald's, etc.  So...did I use illegal alien labor?  I probably did.  Do I regret it?  No.  Like I said, if my government is not going to protect the borders, I am going to do business on the playing field they have allowed to exist.

Just so you know, however, you can't rent an apartment from me without having a valid, New Jersey driver's license.

You are probably a sub contractor without a license.... Like Joe the Plumber

Yep. And he most definitely does not carry the legally required insurances either so he avoids the pesky annual audits that would uncover his sleazy ways of hiring illegals or paying people cash under the table, which in itself is highly illegal.

Lot's of those bottom feeders in the construction industry, thankfully we live in Maine and the majority of all reputable tradesmen have their licensing and their employee situation aboveboard and in order. It not only protects us, it protects the homeowner from any liability, which is so blatantly obvious lockedaway doesn't care about at all. I feel sorry for the people that hire you, they are opening themselves wide up for a disaster.  Don't you clients ask you for proof of liability and comp insurance at the start of a project? Don't the banks that are financing high end projects insist on it? or are you really not as big of a deal as you say, because that happens here every time, the bank wants proof of all of that prior to even breaking ground or starting excavation work.  What exactly do you do lockedaway? You can't be a GC and be this careless...can you?

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Perhaps 62% of bankruptcies has some medical debt, but that is different than 62% of bankruptcies were because of medical debt.

Well, in Canada, and most of the rest of the western world, 0% of bankruptcies are because of medical debt. Just something to consider.

If the same criteria is used, I bet there are. Does the government pay your spouse's salary for the 6 months he is recovering from triple bypass?

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As long as things like illegal immigration exists and the government will do nothing meaningful about it, I will take advantage of whatever situation benefits me.  Does that sound mercenary? 

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If the same criteria is used, I bet there are. Does the government pay your spouse's salary for the 6 months he is recovering from triple bypass?

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