[jrawk]

I have a brother-in-law who is a painter in Wyoming, and a Cousin who is a Dry-Wall Contractor in Salt Lake City. Trade work is hard honest work. I work the more modern trade of programming computers myself, it is much easier on the back, but a lot longer hours.

I am surprised we don't have more immigration from Fredericksburg, VA here in Texas. Lot of folks from Missouri moving in...

We tried to send 11 Texans to Oklahoma, but they came back... ;)

Well, I will grant I live in a growth area.

But you know if all the McDonalds workers in the U.S. decided to get together and form a company that picked up brush piles for $8 an hour they would double their wage, and chase those immigrants right back across the border with competition.

For some reason I don't see it happening.

-- lates
-- jrawk

[brianl703]

I don't see it happening either, given that you've shown that illegal labor for picking up brush is worth $15/hour, so why would anyone legal do it for half the price?

Part of using illegal labor is the risk you take by using it, and that is why it is cheaper. There is no risk when using a legal brush contracting firm which is licensed/bonded/insured (what would have happened had that illegal worker hurt himself on your property? Did you think about that?), therefore that brush contracting firm should charge MORE than $15/hour for their services.