I think you all are misunderstanding me and what I am saying,there are Mexicans that provide a valuable skill set how many of us can make a beautiful rock building,how many of us can carve,and stack ,and shape rocks,used to be we had cute boys that filled our gas tank,now they go to college.
Who cares what you can do!
I misunderstood NOTHING! ILLEGAL is ILLEGAL! And that makes them the scum of the earth, IMO! “IF I can’t have it, I’ll take it’.
MY house makes money for (lisa ) she makes cakes,my house also makes money for Mark(he is the photographer)
my house makes money for the limousine driver,the wedding planner,the liquor store, the hotel, the caterer,small time but good business,and I forgot the florist, the dry cleaner,Johnny ,who needs the work,Dan (a master carpenter)who provides low cost rentals for people who want to relocate.
Nope...not misunderstanding at all. Here is what you are saying...but won't admit it (and I live in SE TX...Houston area...so I can't throw a dead cat without hitting an illegal): American's won't do the work AT THE PRICES you want them to do it.
As kennyboy stated: It would be NO PROBLEM to run a landscaping business with whites, blacks and hispanic AMERICAN citizens. But...people who hire illegals drive the price of labor DOWN. There would be no problem finding skilled sheet-rockers...tape and floaters who were Americans if sub contractors and home owners would have paid proper wages. But...everyone wants the cheapest they can get and are willing to break the law in order to get it.
Now understand this: When YOU do that...two things happen - 1) You drive the price / labor hour down and 2) When you drive the price per labor hour down...you drive away talented craftsmen who could do the work but won't do it for that price...because they have a higher standard of living than an illegal immigrant who will share an apartment with 10 of his buddies and ship all the money back home.
Now...are you suggesting that an AMERICAN worker doesn't deserve a higher standard of living than his sheet-rocking illegal counterpart?
And I speak all of this from experience. 1) As a college student...my union pipe fitting father (RIP dad) ENSURED that I worked construction during the summer here in SE TX...so that I would be properly motivated to finish college. I worked construction (Phillips refinery...and also in a landscaping biz) with them. Many of them lived with other guys who were illegal and here on a green card. That's why they could make $5/hr and live it up...they pooled their money during the week and drove home on the weekend. I have also rebuilt a house after a fire. Dealt with subcontractors hiring illegals.