Posted on 03/21/2008 1:52:42 PM PDT by World_Events
Gee, I wonder how they pay for their food, housing, healthcare and education for their kids? /s
Why, these poor, poor, people! How cruel! I can’t bear it, so I’m going to offer the solution to their misery. Arrest them and deport them. Then fine the employers so heavily that it becomes worth their while to hire legal immigrants and U.S. citizens.
Slavery is alive and well, I see. Only difference between now and “then” is that “then”, the slaveowners paid their servants’ living expenses themselves; today’s slavemasters dump the expense onto their neighbors.
Illegal immigration does exploit the illegal immigrants.
So the crime cuts both ways..it also exploits american workers who get lower wages and pay the taxes to support the illegals. It is a loss for everyone..except the employers.
Thats a problem?
Tell you what I worked as a limousine driver and also worked as a valet at a casino. I cant tell you how many times a customer from a wedding, bachelor party, bachelorette party, prom gig, or other, gave me a $150 tip or more.
Thats way more than I made hourly (even at minimum wage) working for the company.
On three occasions at the casino some guy flipped me a $500 chip. $100 chips werent uncommon (though it didnt happen every day) and $50 or $20 chips were pretty routine.
That beats the S out of minimum wage.
Time to get the government out of private employment issues. That includes establishing a minimum wage. If they want to control egress and ingress WRT other nationalities, do it. Otherwise step back or cry in your beer when businesses flee to countries that dont try to hamstring employers and have them do the federal governments work on their behalf for free particularly when theyre paying top-dollar for the privilege.
Thats how thats going to work. Just watch.
"Carwashero" is taking Spanglish just a wee bit too far.
There were few English speaking people around. I doubt they were paid better then.
btt
Until enforcement of immigration and employment laws becomes a credible deterrent to cheating, employers will continue to depend on illegal labor.
Tough working for tips. Maybe they should find work at home.
oooo... you might not ever get rich
but tell you it’s better digging a ditch
there aint no telling who you might meet
a moviestar or maybe even a pennyache
working at the carwash
working at the carwash yeeh
come on and sing it with me
carwash
sing it with the feeling now
carwash yeah
come some of the work gets kind of hard
this aint no place to be if you planned on being a star
let me tell you it’s always cool
and the boss dont mind somethimes if you act a fool
At the carwash wooh
talking about the carwash yeah
come on y’all and sing it for me
car wash woh
car wash yeah
work and work
well those cars never seem to stop coming
work, and work
keep those waggons and machines coming
work and work my fingers to the bone
work and work
keep up, i can’t wait till it’s time to go home
hey, get your car washed today
be in our band, you don’t have to pay
come on and give us a play.
get it washed right away
At the carwash
talking about the carwash yeah
come on y’all and sing it for me
car wash woh
car wash yeah
wowowo
those cars never seem to stop coming
keeps those rags and machines coming
let me tell you it’s always cool,
and the boss don’t mind sometimes if you, act the fool
Ping!
Bttt!
On three occasions at the casino some guy flipped me a $500 chip. $100 chips werent uncommon (though it didnt happen every day) and $50 or $20 chips were pretty routine.Yea those car wash guys are knocking 'em dead with all those $500-$100-$150-$50 tips thrown at them...Isn't that what everyone tips at the Car wash?...Just like everyone at the casinos.
just doing the jobs Americans won’t do....for slave wages...
Your Las Vegas life story is irrelevant.
If you read the article you’ll find they are supposed to be paid minimum wage under California law. This law was circumvented
Only question left— is the employer American or a legal Hispanic immigrant-——>>>>>
“Many of the business owners are legal immigrants from Asia and the Middle East. Kevin Kish, an attorney with Bet Tzedek Legal Services, a nonprofit agency that provides low-wage workers free legal help, said the new owners often brought from their homelands a cavalier attitude toward the law and a tendency to treat workers almost”
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