Posted on 01/31/2007 1:12:31 PM PST by primeval patriot
Ya, but I bet your kid spent more on soft drinks at the video arcade than this guy spent on food. ;~))
It's amazing how much hard working people can save if they are really thrifty and have never gotten into the spending habit.
Not a strawman in the slightest, apart from the fact that to some on FR, saying "strawman" means "I am incapable of addressing your point." I was responding directly to a comment that claims the law was correctly applied. So is it correctly applied to all of us, or not?
America, what a country!
Well, he didn't actually leave with the money...
OK, to rephrase, common among first generation immigrants.
"your kid"
Actually I meant myself. I used to choose cigarettes over food, so maybe not the best example! LOL
No, actually. I volunteer my time to teach ESL in the community. I spend money on it, but have never received a penny for it. No. I will not turn them into the ICE. They work in plain view--in all the restaurants and hotels in our city. If the ICE wants them, they're not hard to find.
Yeah--he's got a lawyer who has lots of 'splainin' to do. To get the cash back, he'll have to prove the money is actually his. For that, he needs things like tax returns and pay stubs, or sworn testimony from employers--LOL. Something tells me this lawyer is not getting his fee.
He's "illegal". FOr many here, that means he got off lucky -- he should have been shot in the back.
And people wonder where some get the idea that conservatives have no soul.
Not a good conservative among them to recognize that you shouldn't have to declare your personal possessions in order to get on an airplane, unless those posessions are dangerous.
Unless someone thinks he was going to hijack the plane by bribing the employees, the money was no danger.
BTW, the idea that "simply declaring the money" was an option is hilarious. The reason the law exists is to raise flags. If he declared $59,000 in cash, he would have been detained, and his life investigated.
The government has the power to take your stuff now, WITHOUT a trial. They can take your car by claiming you are driving slow to solicit prostitutes. They can take your house if your neighbor plants pot in your woods. They can take your money if you forget to tell them about it.
All without judicial review, or any trial. Punishment without justice.
I think we can separate THAT discussion from the discussion of whether a person here illegally should have to forfiet every dime he made while he was here.
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"correctly applied to all of us, or not?"
Yes. Whether I agree with the law is a whole 'nother thing.
The example here is an illegal immigrant, not a legal immigrant, with 59k in cash. I doubt said cash is all legal because of his criminality.
That's egg pie!
LOL. True dat.
So fine him, and send him on his merry way. (I really feel badly for this guy...)
Better yet pay the back income taxes due.
He can work hard enough to save $50k but it was too much work to apply for citizenship
I agree, deport him but they shouldn't have stolen his hard earned money. Thevin' bastards.
The second the ICE starts to enforce the law, I've got a long list of Nice White Ladies in golf attire for them. What fun it'd be to see them in the fresh air picking up trash along the Blue Ridge Parkway in natty orange suits.
When I lived in El Paso and Jimmy Carter was president, it was considered low-down and exploitative to keep a "slave" in your spare room. This was the liberal attitude of the day--you hire legal help for a legal wage, or be considered a lowlife exploiter. The Migra liked to stop Nice White Ladies when they drove their maids to and from the Rio Grande--they'd confiscate the cars.
#89 is a pretty good discussion of that law about cash.
Yes! I love "what if's".
What if he claimed married on his tax returns with 5 kids so was getting about $8k from the government free and clear every year?
DEPORT HIM NOW!(and keep all the money)
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