[Ben Ficklin]

I noticed that you refuse to acknowledge the loss of tax revenue to the US because of the underground economy. You can blame it on the mexicans, but there are a lot of whites who are using the mexicans to avoid.

As for the resturant business, they were avoiding long before the mexicans came to be employed there.

[Republic of Texas]

I refused to acknowledge the loss of tax revenue because of the underground economy? let's see:

" I do? I live in Dallas, Texas. We have a bigger ILLEGAL economy here than most cities LEGAL economy. I worked in Restaurants for 20 years. Most of the employees are ILLEGAL. The construction and landscaping industry is built on ILLEGAL labor. OUR responsibility is to protect OUR borders and OUR tax base. Mexico's responsibility is to theirs. "

From post #104. Illegal labor is obviously hurting our economy. Did you even read this post?

[Republic of Texas]

That's true, but every tipped employee, and that is who you are referring to, is aware that if caught they face severe penalties. Back taxes, fines, ect... If not paid that could resort in confiscation of all personal property and jail. I know plenty of people who have gone through this. (IRS Audits I mean) Illegal Mexican's get sent home so they can come back the next week. If we properly protected our borders, and really punished Illegals who break our laws, this problem would not be so bad.

[Republic of Texas]

Just because a few waiters don't claim all their tips, doesn't mean we should excuse Illegal immigration.