Since when do those jobs all equal the same pay? That's where the line begins for JOBS AMERICANS WON'T DO - in fact, I hear AMERICANS all the time who are already employed and when you ask them for assistance, they claim they are paid enough to do that too.
There are many AMERICANS who REFUSE to do work. I have seen it with my own eyes. I don't see AMERICANS lining up every morning bright and early to go do housework or yardwork or even temporary labor. All i ever hear is, "I have to make X dollars or I'm not lifting a finger. I'll live off the Government (meaning people who work and pay taxes).
Are NOT paid enought to do that too.
You are correct. All jobs don't pay the same. But there are NO jobs that Americans won't do for the right price.
That right price is determined by the market, but when the market is bypassed by illegal laborers willing to undercut what the market demands....well then you have legal immigrants and citizens being displaced by illegal aliens.
That's a good argument for gutting welfare (then they must work to survive), but not necessarily for hiring illegal aliens or having guest workers undercutting American wages.
"All I hear is, "I have to make X dollars or I'm not lifting a finger. I'll live off the Government (meaning people who work and pay taxes)."
So, illegals don't live off the Government? Is that what you're saying?
If illegals have a wife or live-in girlfriend in this country and a few anchor baby kids they most assuredly are living off the Government. All those anchor babies are being supported by AFDC, Food Stamps, Section 8 housing and all those other good Government benefits - not to mention an American education. Plus, they use the emergency rooms with impunity, knowing they cannot be turned away and will never pay a dime for the fine medical care they will receive.
I work in the medical field. I will assure you that every illegal alien woman giving birth in an American hospital is visited by the hospital social worker before she is discharged and informed of all the benefits her baby (and hence the family) are eligible to receive. She is given information on the WIC program and is also given the phone number and address of the local Welfare office.
IOW: Employing illegals is a big financial windfall for their employers, but it's not so good for the rest of us. Your taxes are supporting a very large portion of the illegals in this country. Why aren't you disparaging the illegals the same way you disparage American citizens?
Specious argument.
"Since when do those jobs all equal the same pay? "
The better question would be 'since when do those jobs all equal the same livable wage?'
Meat packers used to make such a wage, now they do not due to illegal labor. So that is why meat packing jobs are usually not taken by American citizens; do you expect them to work hard at jobs that do NOT pay their bills?
So let's tell gov't we ready for some real welfare reform.
Obviously gov't hasn't done much good in fixing welfare.......why believe they would do any better *fixing* illegal immigration.
btw.....have you considered that millions of new legal 'low wage' earners are also going to be eligable to file for a nice fat EIC check every January ??
Average EIC check runs about $1700 & up to $4K plus. (MORE welfare)
Exactly.