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To: Clemenza
Illegals by their very presence create a strong need for increased services, many of those government related. There's a tradeoff to that, yes there's more restaurants and hotels for illegals to work in but there's also increased social costs that include schools, jails and hospital.

It's not a vast wasteland up here, there are thriving communities that do fine, get the work done and remain liveable without the increased tax burden and social unrest illegals bring.

264 posted on 11/04/2005 11:24:02 AM PST by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
Agreed. Which is why we need REGULATED LEGAL immigration in areas with labor shortages. The problem with the illegals is 1. They are an affront to the rule of law and 2. The men work, but then bring their wives and children, who are a drain on social services. The old bracero program, where MEN would come from Mexico on work contracts, and were then returned, was a good idea IMHO.

Again in an area like NYC, South Florida, and Phoenix, there are more low-level service jobs than their are natives to fill them. This is not the case in upstate New York, western Kentucky, or rural southern Ohio, but that has more to do with the lack of dynamism in the local economy than anything else.

265 posted on 11/04/2005 11:28:14 AM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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