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About the Senate immigration bill ... I take it back; it stinks
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| May 27, 2007
| Jack Kelly
Posted on 05/29/2007 7:12:42 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Is it just me or does no one realize that once these illegals become "legal", the cost benefit of their employment disappears? "Legal" mexicans will be subject to the minimum wage laws of the country, forcing employers to raise their pay, and therefore their products prices. In the end, its the same result that would occur if farmers and others paid the real cost of labor for their products, The only difference is that it would be real legal citizens doing the jobs and we would be spared the flood of new, low-skill immigrants.
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posted on
05/29/2007 9:33:25 AM PDT
by
chief911
To: chief911
Is it just me or does no one realize that once these illegals become "legal", the cost benefit of their employment disappears?Nope, you're not the only one.
Were the current crop of illegals to become legal, it would only create a demand for a whole new crop of illegals to work at the old half-price rate.
And so the cycle continues.
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posted on
05/29/2007 9:46:21 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
Thanks. I'm getting old but I was hoping I was getting any dumber!!
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posted on
05/29/2007 9:50:29 AM PDT
by
chief911
To: 3AngelaD
The whole idea is dumb. If I were an illegal here in the states then I would continue being one. It would be much cheaper and theres no real punishment if caught.
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posted on
05/29/2007 10:12:27 AM PDT
by
linn37
(Love your Phlebotomist)
To: 3AngelaD
The bottom line is that the day this shamnesty bill is passed, 12-20 million illegal aliens will be "legalized" for life, with access to most of the bennies of being a full citizen.
And only a fool believes that they will not be able to bring in their families, no matter what this bill claims notwithstanding. This means the invasion will swell from 20 to 100 million in short order.
Adios America, bienvenidos Amexica.
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posted on
05/29/2007 11:30:36 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: Travis McGee
“And only a fool believes that they will not be able to bring in their families, no matter what this bill claims notwithstanding. This means the invasion will swell from 20 to 100 million in short order.
Adios America, bienvenidos Amexica.”
Exactly!
Good to see you back!
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posted on
05/29/2007 11:52:27 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: kevao
Chertoff has said in interviews that the 24 hour period is more than enough to do a “background check.” What HE MEANS BY THAT is running of fingerprints against a database.
He says “we run 60 million visitors per year, this is the same procedure we do with visitors traveling to this country.”
So the problem is the difference is what we EXPECT of a background check and what they really plan to do — which is minimal at best.
To: stephenjohnbanker
Thanks, it was a total surprise.
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posted on
05/29/2007 12:04:17 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: ER_in_OC,CA
Just remember that Chertoff is depending on the same bureauacracy that sent automatic visa extensions to the 9-11 hijackers six months after 9-11 to do these 20 million 24 hour background checks.
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posted on
05/29/2007 12:05:49 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: B4Ranch; Travis McGee
Hey, ol buddy, look who’s back!
PING!
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posted on
05/29/2007 12:28:48 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: ER_in_OC,CA
>>Chertoff has said in interviews that the 24 hour period is more than enough to do a background check. What HE MEANS BY THAT is running of fingerprints against a database.<<
If we are lucky they will do that much.
To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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posted on
05/29/2007 2:16:25 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: stephenjohnbanker; Travis McGee
The mangy dog found his way home.
“The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.”
~ Joe Sobran
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posted on
05/29/2007 2:16:49 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.)
To: B4Ranch; Travis McGee
The quality of debate here just went up a notch : )
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posted on
05/29/2007 2:28:05 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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