Bull. I understand crass stupidity when I read about it.
Cheaper isn’t better.
Disagreeing with the laws concerning taxation and immigration is no basis for breaking laws. Then anyone can pick and choose what laws they will respect. Hence progressives are always talking about violence against conservatives — they have no respect for laws or for the opinions of others.
This author is being more than a little disengenuous. 20 Million new rat voters is a pretty strong incentive for the rats. Labor is permanently cemented to the rats.
Thanks for posting.
There are a number of things that people (like the grandma in the story) do not consider, when hiring a crew of cheaper but “undocumented” workers.
1. Contractors who hire them to save money, are prolly doing other things to save money, too. Namely, skimp on insurance and bonding. This makes the homeowner liable for any injuries on the job. Courts across the US have ruled on this repeatedly. Some amigos who have been seriously injured have won multi-million dollar judgments from HOMEOWNERS.
2. Contrary to popular thought, construction is SKILLED, and not unskilled labor. Hiring someone who possibly completed sixth grade in Mexico (but likely dropped out in the fourth grade) to be a pair of hands is cheap, but foolish. Wait until the next “big one” hits CA, and you’ll see what unfettered illegal immigration costs, in terms of workmanship. It will be measured in how many homes simply collapse out of shortcuts in skilled labor, materials, and building regulations. Just watch. And because they don’t speak English, and are barely fluent in proper Spanish, btw, they cannot understand instructions!
3. Being undocumented also means this: you have no idea of the true identity or background of this worker. Meaning: this kind grandma (who may be living alone) has hired a worker who now knows that there is this elderly, trusting little ol’ lady, living at 123 Main Street. And this worker, who may be the salt of the earth, has friends and family, who may not be the same. People talk. IMO, this lady has been exposed as a possible soft target for crime. For all she knows, this guy could have been a wanted rapist back home. That is what UNDOCUMENTED means...you have no official identity or record!
When my sister, who is a lawyer, had her home built, she kindly informed ALL contractors: Your employees had better all be legal to work in the US or else. She also warned them that she reserved the right to check the “papers” of their crew, and to call ICE if necessary. Because she did that, she put food on the tables of some Americans. Instead of enabling some amigo to work under the table and send a good chunk of that to Mexico, while the US taxpayers are supporting his family with benefits.
Someone I know bought a house in NJ that needed a lot of work. He reached out to a legal Hispanic, the brother of an acquaintance. He was offered a cut rate deal of $30,000. Then he reached out to local illegsls, and got the entire job - new bathroom, tearing diwn walls, etc. — for $3,000. I call that a significant difference.
I’d rather see enforcement than reform. Actually, now that I think about it, reform is just like “fixing” our medical care system. They’re fixing something that isn’t broken. Don’t we have laws already against crossing the Rio Grande Northbound without an invitation?
“Reform” is one of those Democrat words made out of thin air to promote their power grab.
Sorta off topic but doesn't his Mom have homeowners insurance?
Does the fool author believe that people will get the same “deal” (cheap labor) once Congress “reforms” immigration? If illegals are given amnesty, their employers would have to pay that “32% surcharge in payroll taxes” and wouldn’t be able to underbid other contractors. Good-bye, gravy train.