Posted on 10/22/2008 8:34:13 AM PDT by NCjim
Mortgage Prospects should be good for people who are here illegally???? What is their point?
I’ll bet that he hasn’t paid taxes on the $100K as any ordinary citizen has.
This guy is 32 years old and saved $100K? When I was 32 which was 15 years ago...I was lucky to have saved $20K in the previous 10 years (salary was 27K to 32K in that period). My taxes killed me every year. Income tax, state tax, unemployement tax, medicare tax, sales taxes, taxes on dividends, and on and on. I saved as much as I could, lived a cheaply as possible, and I could only put together 1/5th of that.
I want an IRS and NYS Tax & Finance tax audit of him and his employer because something doesn’t small right about this.
This is more evidence of the rapid leftward slide of the Wall Street Journal.
They used to be a bastion of conservative thought. They have been bought and ruined by Rupurt Murdoch.
I can’t believe that an illegal would complain about not being able to function as a legal citizen. If you want rights and the ability to live like an American, take the money after taxes, go home and apply to come here legally. This is what being so PC has led to... complaints like this and illegals marching in the street with no fear of being deported!
He could return to Mexico and live very comfortably. there really is no major problem here.
How long has this guy been here?
How was he able to hold down a job without having a Social Security Number?
How much money does he owe in back FICA that was obviously not deducted from his pay checks?
aweh to baaad
I found it enlightening that of all the comments there was only one (and he seemed confused about the difference between legal and illegal) that was pro-immigrant. It seemed to be pretty unanimous.
“Wonder what his cost to the taxpayer was... “
They can use the tax ID to qualify for a tax credit. They apply under several aliases and can make quite a tidy sum. They had a report on our local TV some time back about this.
“But Mr. Hernandez quickly learned that things have changed. He says he was told that, “unfortunately, if you don’t have a Social Security number, you cannot buy property.””
I hope it’s a trend. It’s about time.
Why doesn’t he gratefully take the $100,000 he skimmed from our economy and GO HOME!
You are a lawbreaker, Hernandez, and I'm frustrated that you are not deported already. Go buy a house in Mexico, or wherever you came from.
McCain's Chil'run of God.
I know you are saying this tongue in cheek because of your frustration with the horrid border/illegal situation.
However, you should know that at least 300,000 AMERICAN CITIZENS per year have come to the same conclusion because of idiotic, freedom hating regulations like "demanding a social security number" to buy property. Each year the number of people who are saying "that is it!" is increasing. Last year it was 375,000. You should note that these are NOT drug taking addled headed morons who can't make it here. There are more and more bright, young, educated people who would never have considered this course 30 years ago. They look out and see endless debt, endless future burdens of our military attempting to police the world, surrender of freedoms by the right and socialism by the left, and just take off. I met a community of young computer programmers recently who moved to Brazil. We are voluntarily surrendering our freedoms for idiocy like this article, and more and more Americans are just saying "screw it. if i have to live in a place where i am not free, i will do it where it is cheap."
I am rapidly approaching that line, myself.
Bank of America: “We don’ need no steenking laws!”
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/bankofamerica.asp
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Illegal immigrants should have “dim prospects” of walking around free.
Why am I not surprised the WSJ is weeping over illegal aliens not having the same rights as citizens?
Good.
Now GETTHEHELLOUTOFMYCOUNTRY, Jose Luis Hernandez!!!!
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