[firebrand]

From our two-bit "conservative" daily.

[firebrand]

This is worth buying some fish just to make them wrap it in the New York Sun.

[firebrand]

Anyone have a pet bird?

[firebrand]

Anyone have a pet bird?

[FITZ]

here’s a constituency that actually is aching for the chance to pay more taxes.

They're supposed to be paying and filing a statement with the IRS already, nothing is stopping them from paying their taxes now but most don't pay them. Most of the $13 billion earned here and sent to Mexico is untaxed income. They could also pay their tuition and hospital bills and choose not to ----the reason that some would like to file an income tax statement is the Earned Income Tax which is really a welfare program that gives people money they did not make.

[Bodacious]

:But the illegal immigrants don’t repay the city — or the state or federal government, for that matter — for the services. It’s not that they don’t want to. It’s just that the government won’t issue a Social Security number to someone who snuck into the country without permission. And it’s hard to pay either payroll taxes or income taxes without a Social Security number."
BullS**!!Most of the illegals I've met lately don't want to contribute.they want the job, the welfare and all the rent-assisted apartments, free education and school lunchs.

"Figure an average of $20,000 a year in income for these immigrants..." Just who does this Dit-Dot think he's fooling? $20,000 a year in NY qualifies you for a lot more in welfare and social services then collectable taxes.

[Coto]

"...blend of devotion and protest designed to draw the White House’s attention to the plight of illegal immigrants..."

Their "Plight" wouldn't be so bad...if they would have just stayed home in the first place !! !! !!

[lady lawyer]

Pay more taxes, my eye. How many of them would fail to qualify for earned income credit, if they were filing returns -- probably none.

They are already paying into social security, on the fraudulent SSN's they use to get jobs. They just can't take the money out.

So, making them legal will only make them eligible for more of our money.

[bassmaner]

"Make Them Legal" ... in Mexico.

[Redcloak]

Legalize 'em? Sure... Why not? But while we're at it, eliminate the minimum wage, public housing, Medicare, welfare, and all of the other trappings of the nanny-state that make sneaking into the US so attractive.

[razorback-bert]

they’d be an argument for welfare reform, not for less immigration.

Well it is hard to argue with that.

[nutmeg]

BUMP for a later read

"projectilogenic"... LOL

[madfly]

ping

[mhking]

None of the September 11 hijackers was Mexican. It seems ridiculous to punish them.

What the hell kind of leap of logic is that!?

[junta]

NYC is broke and I think they forgot to mention that before they went on some moral zealotry rampage with this two bit piece of puff.

[MissAmericanPie]

Yeah, then Mexico can demand to have their "citizens" share shipped back to them to the tune of a billion a year in SS alone. I have an idea, maybe a couple of million conservatives, who never plan on voting Republican again, can attack Mexico, past the border cities there is nothing all the way to Mexico City.

There is no one there to defend it, they are all up here. A take over would be an easily done deal. Run everyone out into the USofA since the liberals want them so badly, or into Central America, and declare the Constitutional Republic, then we sue the US for our SS and perks. Whats wrong with that? Imagine the shock of the globalist having the tables turned on them, hehehehe. Fun, fun, fun.j/k j/k

[AmericanInTokyo]

MASSIVE barfed-up-chunks-of-last-night's-pizza Alert!

[rmlew]

The NY Sun is a neo-con paper. However, most neocons understand the need to oppose illegal immigration and support assimilation.
Tamar Jacoby is an utter leftist on these issues. Worse, she is on the President's commission for civil rights as a Republican appointee!

Ron
PS. How is it that there are three neo-con editorial pages in NYC (Sun, Post, WSJ?)

[raybbr]

...New York City to be about 500,000. A more precise count was made in a March 2002 study from the Urban Institute, which found that there were about 275,000 illegal immigrants between the ages of 18 and 64 living in New York City.

So, they are not even counting the chil'ren who are not in the work force and probably receive a greater proportion of the welfare doled out. God! Here we go again. Lie to us and expect us to just say, "Darn, make those people leagal. You're right! They don't drain our resources and dilute our society."

I am so sick of being treated like I'm stupid.

[montag813]

It’s not that they don’t want to. It’s just that the government won’t issue a Social Security number to someone who snuck into the country without permission.

This line truly represents a new low point in the history of the Neo-Cons.

If an 8-year old said it, it might be funny. I am not laughing.

[thepitts]

Close the borders and hunt down and arrest/deport ALL illegal immigrants.