Posted on 08/08/2007 6:05:12 PM PDT by dbwz
I've posted this at the request of my brother, who has apparently forgotten his screen name and account info. We'll excuse him; he's a hard-workin' kinda guy without much time to devote to keyboard wargames.
Knowing what we do of history, it's interesting to watch as a "downtrodden" minority is encircled and manipulated by those who would claim to work in their interests. I'm talking about people like Leticia Alaniz, the organizer with La Union de La Comunidad Latina, and Kehan Irani, the NY regional coordinator for TIGRA. Are they just looking to help their people? Maybe. But they are more likely looking to garner political power to further an agenda. And they'll probably succeed in getting Western Union to cave in and reinvest their obscene profits in community programs that make it even easier for illegals to make money here, send it there, and have someone else subsidize their care and feeding while they're here. Toward what end? I'll leave that question to your fertile imaginations.
By the way, I don't see anything that prevents Mr. Villanueva and the unnamed Mexican native from the last paragraph from keeping a few extra dollars HERE and investing in their OWN communities.
They’re sending the money Americans just won’t send....
Try doing a TT Transfer for your business to a company in HK or China.
the fees are just as big. I don’t see any newspaper reporters knocking on my door.
I wish there were a way to tax it, without harming the normal international funds transfers of US citizens.
That way, illegals wouldn’t be able to live on the public dole while hording their money to send home.
Boo hoo. It’s the same rate everyone else that uses the service has to pay.
And may I add that since most of these people are illegals, they are sending money that is illegally earned. Forget the fees. Prove you are legal or you can’t send money, period. Nuclear science ain’t it?
I’m sorry ? What is the tax rate for a single male making that money ?
35%
Up it and get the taxes on our money sent to Mehico back in the US
Back to the community?? How much money is he sending OUT of the community??
oh, REALLY? capitalism is why they're HERE, isn't it????
Cue sobbing....
Let Western Union lower their rates........and then tax the hell out of anyone who wires money out of the country.That’s one way to get something out of the illegals
Could care less about sending remittances abroad (the trade in dollars is CIRCULAR folks! If you believe that the flow of capital is a one-way street, then please get the money back from whatever college you attended, if any). Am more pissed off at their illegal presence in this country.
He’s upset about being robbed? LOL These people have no end to what they think their “rights” are as illegals. In some ways I can’t blame them for the “there’s a sucker born every minute” mentality after what they’ve already gotten away with.
What’s he complaining about.If it were up to me I would put a Tax on all wire transfers at the rate of Eight Percent for Non citizens of the U.S. If you have a green card or are an American citizen the fee would be waived.
That’s the only way to start having these criminal aliens paying back the expenses they accrue to the U.S. Tax payer.
“And each time he does, Western Union takes a chunk of that money. For every $300 Villanueva sends, the global corporation charges him $11 to $15 per wire transfer, he said at a forum — held in New Brunswick Tuesday — about Western Union’s fees.”
If they would wire the money directly to me, I would pay the fees for them.
I wonder how I could get in touch with Mr. Villanueva?
Why can't we sent YOU home?
Goodness gracious................So now we are supposed to feel that Western Union is doing something illegal or unethical by charging for the service of transferring money.
So if we’re politically correct, we will think that Western Union is the bad guy. If there were no company like Western Union, how would they transfer money back to their home countries? would they take the chance of sending cash through the mail? Would they send a UPS package and have someone at the other end sign for it? That would cost money. If they had a bank account with an American bank as some illegals do, they would have to pay the bank a small fee to wire money overseas.
I just don’t see why we’re supposed to be moved to dislike Western Union by this piece of advocacy journalism.
Get RID of these folks from our country, is what I say.
Ask not what America and the gringos can do for YOU, ask what YOU can do for America and gringos.
This is something they will never understand. It is too deep in the blood for them otherwise.
Tell me about it. And it seems like I'm always behind you and your friends wanting nothing more than to buy my bag of chips and a Big Gulp.
Yo, Jose, here's an ideer....open a checking account!
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