Posted on 05/10/2005 12:25:45 PM PDT by B4Ranch
If and when we convince the idiots we elect that English must be the one and only language of America's governmental offices your translating talents won't be required, but your sense of humor will be so don't stray too far.
"Remove 20 million illegal aliens from America and poof away go all the federal jobs that currently are in place providing them with federal services. I'd guess it probably numbers close to a million federal employees. I'll trade those for ICE agents any day of the week!"
Actually, they're almost all state and local employees. And they will be moved into other work that is equally useless.
"Depending upon which state you live in, again, poof away go police officers, probation officers, judges, court clerks, prison guards, translators in every state, count and city office there is in existence, teachers, clerks at the Dept of Motor Vehicles or what ever the name is in your state, welfare clerks, and you-name-it positions in every other agency that we have now to try for some resemblance of order. I am sure every department will reduce their staffing costs by some percentage. Some more than others certainly."
Just as the Bureau of Prohibition withered away and disappeared after Prohibition was repealed, right?
The current name of the Bureau of Prohibition is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE).
That is the model for what happens: the allegedly useless bodies are reorganized, moved around, and assigned to "new roles and missions."
"When was the last time your property taxes were reduced because they didn't need that much money to fund the offices?"
Never. And they never will be, either, unless you actually reduce taxes and mandate firing government employees.
You are either a parent or a business owner, that is obvious.
I use to whisper it to the employees. That way they'd ask me to repeat it. Then I could say, "Again, No , now that I've told you no twice, and spoken the word three times, did you understand what I said, or shall I repeat it once more?"
You know, I never had any of them go against my wishes on whatever subject we were discussing. I guess I was just lucky to find men who understood the meaning of the word.
The older cowboys would chuckle because they wouldn't ask me to repeat it. In the beginning they thought they were getting one over on the boss, so I would just continue speaking in a whisper. Their straining to hear brought about some humorous occurances. Many a good laugh came around during lunch from those little games we would play on each other.
>>Never. And they never will be, either, unless you actually reduce taxes and mandate firing government employees.<<
That isn't an impossibility if the voters wish it to be so.
"That isn't an impossibility if the voters wish it to be so."
They don't. That's the problem.
The voters dislike illegals getting welfare because they want it all for themselves.
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