> However, as far as I know, hiring someone to be your full-time gardener > without asking his immigration status is illegal, but paying him twenty > bucks to cut your grass is not.
I guess my point was that given a living wage requirement and a stricter legal worker program, many of those illegal jobs will result in the 2nd option below, where manufacturing and some service industires result in option 3. 1) Paying/eating the increase 2) Paying zero dollars (doing the job him/herself or shutting down) 3) Paying someone else somewhere else. Both 2 and 3 are a net loss for the multiplier effect and arguably for the "American standard of living". -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175440 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
