CA: Illegal immigrants or not, homeowners say the day laborer system works

San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 4/29/06 | Peter Prengaman - ap

[TheForceOfOne]

We need our cheap under the table labor, it's all about me me me! I want my grass mowed for a dollar damn it! I want my house cleaned for a dollar damn it! I want my business profit margin higher than I could achieve legally, and I don't want anyone to question it damn it!

It's all about me, don't they understand?

Illegals are good for me personally, who cares who it hurts damn it!

/sarcasm

[Prokopton]

"She doesn't ask about immigration status or worry about breaking the law."

What a fine example of a concerned citizen. I guess we shouldn't be worried either if one of them should burglarize her house or slit her throat.

[A CA Guy]

Do you think these idiots know that illegals make up a third of all the violent offenders in California prisons?

I think that means there is a lot higher change an illegal will cut that throat and take the rest of you money after the piano is moved.

[Mike Darancette]

The No. 1 employers of day laborers, many of whom are illegal immigrants, are homeowners – not construction contractors, not professional landscapers.

Soon the Illegals will be able to sue you for injuries. You will have to pay their FICA and Medicare.

Suddenly they won't be such a good deal.

[Racehorse]

Since they've drawn attention to themselves, what federal and state tax liabilities are Chris James, David Peters, and Maxine Colby on the hook for?

Since they have publicly confessed to hiring illegal immigrants, how do we turn them in?

[thoughtomator]

“This is a system that works for most people,” she said. “If lawmakers can't figure out how to fix it, I certainly can't.”

This statement could have applied just as well to slavery. Worked well, for most people.

[ordinaryguy]

Since they have publicly confessed to hiring illegal immigrants, how do we turn them in?

Well, first find a government official who cares...

[kittycatonline.com]

BURBANK 1805– Chris James needed help moving a piano and three dozen boxes of records from his music studio, but instead of corralling some buddies he purchased some negro slaves outside the local courthouse. The two black men finished the job in an hour and a half, hauling a piano and wedging a sofa into his condo, then stacking the boxes in a back room, for less than $40. It was first time James hired slaves but it won't be his last. “Absolutely satisfied,” said James, 31.

There, does that put a better perspective on it? This guy James sucks.

[pterional]

It seems like it is cheap labor but the hidden cost of the illegals will destroy this country.

[kittycatonline.com]

“I know if they didn't have a job, they wouldn't be here,” said Peters. “But we all shop at Target and Wal-Mart, and all their stuff is made overseas with cheap labor.”

What more needs to be said? This guy doesn't care about shipping manufacturing jobs off to China, so long as he gets a cheap hair blower; and he doesn't care about putting his local contractor out of work, either. This guy Peters sucks, too.

[kittycatonline.com]

“They have been fantastic,” said the 78-year-old Krakow resident. “I speak a little German, and they speak a little Yiddish, and we have a good time.”

Here, another sentence fixed for historical perspective. Why do these people not realize that they are undermining our nation?

[Jim_Curtis]

They should have their homes confiscated, sold, and the money collected should be used to secure the borders.

Or...we could bring the poorest people in Africa over here and give them room and board and maybe a dollar a day wages if they agree to take care of all of our household chores.

....they would be doing the jobs that the current illegal aliens aren't willing to do...at the wages some are willing to offer. We would have the current illegal aliens protesting against the new illegal aliens.

Opposing those new arrivals would be anti black the same way opposing illegal Latino immigrants is "anti Latino".

[Mike Darancette]

what federal and state tax liabilities are Chris James, David Peters, and Maxine Colby on the hook for?

That's a good question:

To prove that they have been in the country for any length of time the illegals will have to tell who they worked for, when and how much they made and since it was cash you would be hard pressed to say otherwise. To make restitution the illegals will have to pay back payroll taxes (both halves)on every dime they earned. And either the IRS can come after the employers for their share of the employment taxes or the illegals can sue you.

And you had better believe that there are legions of lawyers itching to stick it to Gringos that hired the illegals under the table.

[D1X1E]

the workers know where they live.
And they know what items are available for the taking. Its already been established they are lawbreakers. Chris James shocked and saddened when his home is burglarized. Film at 11

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Sure thing! "Everything is just WONDERFUL!! Don't send Herminio home, I'd be lost if I had to hire someone I had to send a 1099 to at the end of the year."

People hire illegal immigrants in order to exploit them. It's a form or organized crime.

[kenth]

Well, first find a government official who cares...

Heck, try to find a government official who doesn't have their own illegal alien or three cleaning their house, watching their kids, or doing their yardwork. I bet he/she is a scarce commodity.

[BJungNan]

Sounds like China. You get a guy to haul your groceries from the cab to your apartment for a buck. Except, this guy in the story paid $40.

And the gardeners in my neighborhood are charging $100 plus a month.

[BJungNan]

Well, first find a government official who cares...

Correct answer.

[Shion]

>>>It seems like it is cheap labor but the hidden cost of the illegals will destroy this country.<<<

Well you know it, and I know it, but I talk to people every day (including my mother) who simply cannot fathom that "free" medical care and "free" housing and "free" services, are not actually free.

(That is until the Ministry of Magic perfects its inquiries into creating food and shelter out of thin air. They say they're only a decade away...)