popeye1250
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Joined: 1/27/2006 From: New Hampshire Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: caitlyn We have been over this again, and again popeye. It wouldn't be rich people that suffer. Rich people never suffer. This is a state-by-state problem. What California needs, would bankrupt south Texas. What Texas needs, would keep California on the track that will strangle it's healthcare system. There are very few issues, where I agree with the President ... VERY few ... but the guest worker program is one. Blaming the Bush admninistration is hypocritical. President Bush tried to put in a plan that would give each state the right to apply laws that will help them as they see fit. That plan was killed by unyielding people, that are unwilling to compromise. If you want to find blame for these problems, look in the mirror. Caitlyn, it's not that much of a "problem." Labor accounts for only 8% of the cost of produce. Most illegals are earning $10-$12 per hour in that industry. If they used Americans and doubled their wages to $20-$24 per hour how many pennies would that add to a head of lettuce for example as everyone likes to use "lettuce" as an example. Maybe 10 to 12 cents? The real big costs cme from that laborer and his family who sneaks in with him. Schools, medical, dental, courts, jails, and all the other things. Do you think that his employer is going to pick up the tab for all that? No, of course not, they expect you and I to pay for all that so that they can continue to make a killing! And why should that employer pay a Legal American Citizen $25 an hour plus benefits when he can pay an illegal $12 an hour with no benefits? Most growers do extremely well for themselves financially! If they didn't why would they be in that business anyway? So, they continue to break our laws and expect Taxpayers to subsidise their lifestyle. As we discussed before any "worker program" would have to be very carefully crafted so as not to put any unessessary costs on the backs of the Taxpayers but totally on the backs of the employers. They've been getting a free ride while breaking our laws for way too long. If they had their way they'd bring back slavery to this country.
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