CHEAP LABOR?
>Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?
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>Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.
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>Consumers don't want expensive produce.
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>Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs.
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>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."
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>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.
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>He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.
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>He qualifies for food stamps.
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>He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.
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>His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.
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>He requires bilingual teachers and books.
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>He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.
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2007-07-03
04:42:36
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