So the price of a head of lettuce is what's driving decisions about illegal immigration? Friggin' lettuce?
OK then going forward, let it be known that I am perfectly willing to pay $8 for a head of lettuce.
Had a weird dream last night that everyone was complaining about th price of lettuce. But, the other veggies are priced as normal.
I'll just grow my own(for medicinal,personal use only of course)
A study was done that even @$10/hr. it would only raise it half a dollar.
Btw- remember that 3 stooges episode in towelheadland?
One of the sheetheads was named "halfadollar", who's got the other names, stooge fans?
Just remember,gas companies are evil ,but Cargill and Tyson are patriotic for hiring illegals.
Unnecessary. Their predictions about the price of goods is vastly overstated.
Let's use your reference to lettuce, I have seen that one in the media too. What are those workers making? Minimum wage or thereabouts? Let's say it is just 5 bucks an hour just for the sake of arguement. I watched those pickers in some video on tv, they are pretty speedy.. tossing a head of lettuce about one every 2 or 3 seconds. But lets also be generous and say that for this example, they are screwing around.. picking only 1 head every 15 seconds. That would be 240 head of lettuce in an hour. Increasing the price of a head of lettuce by just ONE NICKLE, will mean that the workers could be given a $12 per hour raise.. for a total of around 17 bucks per hour. I know a LOT of Americans who would beat the doors down to get a chance at a job that pays 17 bucks an hour. At the REAL speed at which they pick lettuce, they could give that $12 an hour raise by increasing the cost of a head of lettuce ONE PENNY.
Read my tagline.
We're only saving a few cents per head of lettuce if an illegal picks it. But we are paying millions to cover education, health care, law enforcement and other expenses that are resulting from the flood of illegals. And the money they earn is "off the books" so they're not paying taxes on it. And they're sending billions back to Mexico which is lost to our economy. When are Bush and his cronies in the Congress going to wake up? We are being hosed and these dummies don't even realize it.