Comments on: Mexicans: Are They the Itch or the Scratch?

By: Radracer

Radracer — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:53:19 +0000

Its not just labor competition that makes illegals a problem here in America. It is the crime they bring http://www.dallascrime.com/immigration.html and amount of America’s unconstitutionally socialist giveaways they consume, like “free” births, “free” government schools, “free” welfare, “free” socialist insecurity, etc. The youth of America now find entry level jobs hard to get and engage in problematic or illegal avenues to fund their lives as a result. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/06/chao-unemployment/
Ozuna mentions how a handful of us have worked occasionally for cash as if this is a significant portion of Americans but truthfully it is not. Few Americans do so for more than a summer job as a teenager. 99% of adults pay taxes ranging from 25% to 47% of our incomes (depending on whose sources you believe) in taxes. Illegals do not, period. All they pay is the sales taxes on purchases.
In truth I employ some immigrants from Mexico but I have required them to get their green cards if they did not have them when they arrived.
Is a wall the answer? Of course not; most illegals come here legally and just let their visas expire so a wall would be useless. Until America can realize its socialist policies are what brings the illegals here they will continue to flock here and bring crime and unemployment with them for REAL Americans to deal with. “Employer incentives” hell Sneed! Deport every last one as they are caught and give the jobs to the unemployed Americans! I can make my own damn margaritas.

By: John Arroyo

John Arroyo — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:00:40 +0000

Mr. Sneed,
You made very good points but if in fact there are that many busness’s in america today then the ones that are employing illegals should pay this group and if in fact there are that many that should more than cover the cost for as you say “police” these busness’s.

Next is the issue of having to do our own work as Bobby put it “get our hands dirty” we need to as american’s do what we did growing up and what our parents did before us have the younger generation learn as we did to work for a living but still get an education for their future!

By: Jeffery Sneed

Jeffery Sneed — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:25:29 +0000

The American small business owners (and big business for that matter) have certain notoriety for paying face value to the law and turning a blind eye to the actual goings on within their organizations.

Bottom line if cheap labor is available it WILL be exploited. So this particular issue can be fervently argued from both sides of the fence.

The only real solutions to this issue require sacrifice on the part of the taxpayer and the business owners. Unfortunately as Americans we don’t know much about sacrifice. We think punishing our children is taking away their Xbox 360 and IPod for a day or two, that is not sacrifice. We think sacrifice is giving up bread with our meals because we are on a low carb diet, again this is not sacrifice.

You want the illegals out? Here’s how you do it (and hold on to your wallet tight ass because this gets expensive fast). You offer incentives to business to hire ONLY American citizens and those who have valid green cards, of course these incentives come right out of the taxpayer’s pocket.

You create a regulatory body that must be given full access to all workplace areas and records. This regulatory body must be empowered with right to shut down / fine / imprison businesses and individuals violating immigration and labor laws. In a 2003 interview with Hector Barreto, then the Administrator of the SBA, he said, “There are between 23 million and 25 million small businesses in the U.S.” Apparently, even the SBA doesn’t have a handle on exactly how many businesses there are. So this organization will have to be VERY large just to police the small businesses in America. So again the cost out of the taxpayers pocket is enormous.

Now on to the increase in operating costs for businesses in the labor industry. Now that hector isn’t roofing your home for five dollars an hour and Carlos isn’t laying the concrete for your ne homes foundation it seems that that the cost for builders in labor has increased. Who’s going eat that? Not the builders I promise you.

Also after this immediate deportation so many are screaming for there will be other problems. “What do you mean construction of our new office has been delayed?!”, or “Why can’t I find anyone to clean my house?!”.

Wake up America, the people you want to get rid of affect your comfort level and you wallet in a mostly POSITIVE way. If you have a problem with “ILLEGAL” aliens either legalize them or enact the steps above. I call into question the stomach and conviction of the American people when this issue hits them in the wallet.