05-18-2008, 11:44 PM
When my grandfather moved from Europe to Kansas about 100 years ago, he cost the government absolutely nothing other than the few bullets it took to convince the previous owners of the land that Oklahoma was a nicer place to live. He came with some money and was the first person to farm his homestead. He paid taxes to send his kids to school and if he got sick he coughed up cash or died. I can't understand why rules on immigration are set and then ignored while other laws are enforced ruthlessly.
Nobody wants to scrub toilets for $5 per hour but at $10 per hour many would and at $15 per hour there would be 10 applicants for every job. There is no such thing as a labor shortage, just a pay shortage. It would be better for America to buy its $.99 a head lettuce from Mexico and not be stuck with the cost of even marginally supporting illegal workers.
When the cost of goverment supported irrigation projects and the cost of farm subsidies is added to the cost of providing social services for farm workers who earn so little that they pay little or no taxes that $.99 head of lettuce probably costs $2.99. Why not just pay $2.99 up front?
Nobody wants to scrub toilets for $5 per hour but at $10 per hour many would and at $15 per hour there would be 10 applicants for every job. There is no such thing as a labor shortage, just a pay shortage. It would be better for America to buy its $.99 a head lettuce from Mexico and not be stuck with the cost of even marginally supporting illegal workers.
When the cost of goverment supported irrigation projects and the cost of farm subsidies is added to the cost of providing social services for farm workers who earn so little that they pay little or no taxes that $.99 head of lettuce probably costs $2.99. Why not just pay $2.99 up front?