I would like to meet these willing workers you believe exist. I am in that industry And I have never seen it. Even if you can find them, if you hire US citizens illegally and cheap, you invite a lawsuit for any number of things. Then if you hire them legally and within all applicable laws it will cost you a minimum of $7.25 + 20% and the potential for even more lawsuits. But even then the employee will pay taxes of around 20%. So that what cost you almost $9/hr will net the employee about $6/hr. For many people if not most Citizens that is not worth the effort.
The kids next door won’t cut grass for any less than about $10/hr but I hire them anyway, illegally for cash, and then pray they do not get hurt lest I get sued into poverty.
Let every American who never hires for cash and and complies with all local/state/federal wage and hour laws cast the first stone!
I guess you could reach the conclusion that illegal status makes it easier to hire you. Especially now since it is illegal to comply with laws that require you to check and see if someone is illegal.
I support enacting a law that allows people to declare themselves as a “free trade zone” and exempt themselves from all local/state/federal laws regarding employment (please do not exaggerate this into an exclusion of all criminal and civil laws and the applicable laws of torts and contracts). It would make it so that I can enter into any private contract for employment or labor that I wish free of government interference. Be sort of like giving myself the benefits of being an illegal without giving up the entire legal system.
Work should not be taxed in any shape or form not on the employee’s wages and not on the employer’s payment of same. Work should have the same status as freedom of speech.
They don't. We own retail stores and pay $12-$15/hour and can hardly hire any American-born workers under the age of 55. They just won't do the job, or expect to be paid $25/hour + commission with no experience and also get 15 minutes of Facebook time per hour. :)
In addition to the tax penalties you mention for doing things the right way, something went wrong with the American worker's psyche during the tech boom. It seems everyone who ever had a corporate job during that time frame thinks they are still entitled to the maximum salary/benefits/bonuses they earned back then, and if they can't get it they would rather not work at all.
We have done well hiring foreign-born workers who are naturalized citizens or who have green cards. Their work ethic and honesty are outstanding - maybe because many of them come from corrupt or dysfunctional societies and know better how to appreciate what America offers them.