That illegal immigrants are the reason minimum wage is $5.15 and hour in most states. I know that is why but let's see the clever lies the anti's come up with to evade the truth.
2006-10-12 05:51:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
oops I meant to say answers pro illegals come up with!!!!!
2006-10-12 05:55:02 · update #1
offering to do a job for less money than a citizen and getting hired instead of an American citizen IS driving and keeping wages down. Also for the ones that work with stolden ss numbers, If millions of people came and offered to jobs in America for the lowest wage possible do you think employers will raise wages and hire other people to pay higher wages to? Think about it.
2006-10-12 06:06:47 · update #2
Okay I am an old woman....The minimum wage when I started to work some odd years ago was $3.00 to $4.00. Been so long I forgot how much it was but it was a lot lower. That was 24 years ago......... before we had a major immigration problem......so how can we today blame the Minimum Wage on our illegal workers when that law was put into effect long before they ever came............
The Illegals and Low Wages, Chicken $10.00 a lb., no tax break
No the illegals did not create low wage jobs. They have always been here. Furthermore if we raise all of the low paying jobs salaries up to $10.00 an hour you will wipe out middle class America. Who could afford to pay $10.00 a lb for chicken? I don't wish to offend you but I do wish to inform you..... There is no TAX Free money in regards to the majority of the illegals.... unless they work in cash paying jobs ... like construction for example... Lots of people hide in the construction business for that very reason..... illegals are just working in construction. We have American dead beat dads who work in it too so they get easy money under the table as we call it so as not to pay child support. Most industries pay with payroll checks. If an illegal works in an industry that does pay with payroll checks then the appropriate federal and state taxes are removed. I recently did a spot check on payroll checks from the main industry in my town from 4 different illegal pa stubs..... 2 from poultry and 2 from restaurants. I did an estimate based on those 4 pay stubs in regards to the shifts worked at each one of those industries. I had an estimate of State taxes paid in to my state of $64,000.00. I did not figure up the Federal Taxes but you best believe that they have been raking it in also. Please keep in mind that the county that I live in is not ranked among the largest in my state. I would love to be able to do a State wide survey, but the problem is getting people to trust you not to use their information against them. You may be surprised to also be informed that at least 2 of these people had health insurance for which they paid for & utilized, they also had an additional voluntary $5.00 taken out each week as a donation for United Way Fund. I did no guesstimates on those donations, but just these 2 people alone donate a solid figure of $520.00 @ year which has to be noted as community service. IT WAS A REAL EYE OPENER TO ME. Please understand that the illegal does not file federal income taxes.... he does fall in a low income category and would be eligible to receive most of his tax money paid in as refunds... now do you really think that our government wants to make them legal so they have to give that money back ..... NO, of course not. The fence is going to be a joke. Who cares build the fence. The American public has clamored that they wish for this atrocity to be built. Then once all those billions of dollars are sunk into the building of this shameful wall......there will be no money for mass deportations...You see this is why the government is building this wall... We all know that it will not serve the purpose for which it is built....They didn't even build a levy that could protect New Orleans..... the illegals crossing are just as unpredictable.....Build the fence so they will be able to say later well we don't have the money now for deportations.......Also you will see discounts on ladders on the other side of the border. You just need a ladder to safely scale the wall without a scratch. .THE POLITICIANS DO NOT WANT TO SEND THE ILLEGAL BACK
2006-10-12 08:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You really need to do your research before spouting off.
The minimum wage is what causes illegal immigrants to enter the country, not the other way around.
Because the pay differential between low-skill jobs in the United States and Mexico rises due to the fact that we have a set minimum wage at all.
While the minimum wage has not increased since 1997, executive pay has grown dramatically over the same time period. According to the Economic Policy Institute's Minimum Wage Issue Guide, in 1975, CEOs earned only 78 times the minimum wage earners of their day. But today's average Chief Executive earns 821 times what a minimum wage worker earns.
The reason federal minimum wage hovers at $5.15 an hour rests on the shoulders of your states congressional representatives and the lobbyists that influence them. When the wages go up, so does immigration, as the pay for illegal immigrants will also rise while the pay in their own country will remain stagnant.
2006-10-12 07:39:40 · answer #2 · answered by Barrett G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its big business that hires and pays millions to the lobbyist ,that lobby the politicians in the government to keep the minimum wage low. Both political party's are comprised of millionaires that have made their money off the backs of labor and the working man/woman
I think its more big business than it is the illegal on this one.I don't see how the illegal who often work for less than the federal minimum wage would affect that.
Some states and some city's have higher minimum wages than the federal one.Some pay $ 9 + an hour.But for the people trying to make it on $ 5.15 an hour ,I just don't see how they do it.They have my admiration,I couldn't do that I know.We shouldn't even have to discuss the illegal immigrant in this equation ,because in reality he/she shouldn't be a factor.Illegal immigrants are the problem with a lot of things wrong,with our employment, here in this country,but I cant really connect them to this.......
2006-10-12 07:03:58 · answer #3 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't know about the 'clever lies the anti's come up with' I don't know if I'm an anti or pro or whatver. I just don't think they are causing the minimum wage to go down. In fact, if the minimum wage were higher, I bet the legal citizens that are turning down the jobs that illegals are getting might be more inclined to take the jobs.
The people who are keeping the min. wage low are republicans looking to keep business costs low.
2006-10-12 05:58:54 · answer #4 · answered by Existence 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"let's see the clever lies the anti's come up with to evade the truth"
Glad to see you're so open minded.
18 states, including California, Florida and New York, have a minimum wage higher than the national $5.15. These states account for more than half of the illegal alien population so the premise of your question is invalid.
2006-10-12 06:23:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Um, in Ca it has just gone to 7 + and we have a lot of illegals. However, CA is a lot more expensive to live in than most places, so the principle could still be true. I agree they have driven down wages but think the most dramatic changes are in businesses where more than minimum wage has always been paid, but now wages are less than they were before.
2006-10-12 06:03:08 · answer #6 · answered by DAR 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree because if there wasn't so many illigal immigrants then the employeer wouldn't have to pay so much and then the people who were actully born in the US and the people who are legally living here would be paid more. And if there wasn't so many illigal immigrants then maybe more younger kids could have better luck getting a job. Yeah and i Cannot wait until minimum weige goes up.
Besides i hate the fact that there are thousands of people who come into this country every day kinda like they own the country and make a life for themselves. I understand that where they come from isn't good but they could at least come into the US the legal way.
2006-10-12 05:59:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I dont understand why you "wonderful Americans" believe immigration has anything to do with minimum wage. Minimum wage pays the minum they can for work that anyone can do... If you're a born and raised American and graduated high school and went through some sort of post secondary education why should it matter what they pay at MacDonalds? Or at the fields.....? Why do you want to work in the fields so bad?
Illegals get minumum wage jobs because thats what they are qualified for. If you're a lazy American high school drop out you're just as qualified as an illegal Mexican, and therefore should be paid the same. And if I was a business owner in that situation I would rather hire a hard woring uneducated Mexican than a lazy American.
2006-10-12 06:18:01 · answer #8 · answered by ebaskys 3 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Minimum wage has nothing to do with illegal immigrants. I read that the average illegal immigrant makes $30,000 of tax free money a year. Far from minimum wage.
2006-10-12 06:17:09 · answer #9 · answered by trafficjams 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think the illegals have anything to do with minimum wage.....it's the greedy corporations. You don't get your worth in pay and experience like you used to. They are too concerned about profits and keeping the stock holders happy. You can work your butt off and finally start getting a decent wage and you can pretty much bet they'll be showing you the door very soon. Why pay you what your worth when someone else can and will do it for cheaper?
2006-10-12 06:01:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋