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To: taxed2death; SomeoneNeedsToSayIt
Dude, give it a rest. Reagan never espoused hiring illegals and breaking laws.

The funny thing is, his economic argument is spot-on, and you and others refuse to acknowledge that.

Face the facts, er.... "Dude."

The first fact is this. The reason the illegals come here, is because Americans PAY them to come here. They wouldn't come here if Americans weren't throwing money at them.

The second fact: illegals are a whole lot cheaper to employ than Americans are. To a thinking person, the preference for cheaper labor just might suggest that Americans are overpriced for the world market. You'll find the evidence not just in the market for illegal immigrants, but also in the massive outsourcing of formerly American manufacturing jobs.

The third fact: folks can bitch and moan about how much illegals cost, in terms of social benefits; but the fault for that lies with Americans -- primarily state and local politicians. Perhaps the bitchers and moaners might try fixing their own political problems.

The facts are OBVIOUS. Perhaps you should figure out how to deal them.

247 posted on 02/21/2007 8:06:48 PM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
"The second fact: illegals are a whole lot cheaper to employ than Americans are."


Great....now finish that sentence.


....because employers who hire illegals are
1. breaking the law
2. More than likely NOT paying minimum wage and deducting taxes fica / SS etc
3. thus are able to underbid legal businesses.

Totally flawed logic. I'll stick around to see if you have a shred of common sense here......... unlike the other beandip for brains character...

If you base a business model on illegality.....well you are an anarchist and then anything goes. I'll bet if I got my employees hooked on heroin I could buy them a McShits Happy Meal once a day and they'd work for me like crack whores.

Is that "capitalism?

No.

His economic argument is not "spot on" simply because it is not based on rule of law. It's really that simple.
264 posted on 02/21/2007 8:19:14 PM PST by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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