Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-12 Thread Gruss Gott
> Larry wrote: > That way the companies would be very discouraged to hire undocumented workers. 99% of these companies are hiring at minimum wage or, in some cases, WAY above. The reasons the majority of major companies are getting in this mess is because: (1.) Forgeries are easy and cheap and H

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-12 Thread Larry Lyons
Exactly. If the penalties were actually meaningful to these companies instead of being so minuscule that its not even chump change. What is needed is to eliminate the demand by substantially increasing the penalties and fine. Lets say 50% of the company's last stated gross revenue may be appropr

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-12 Thread Dinner
On Jan 11, 2008 11:05 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The truth of it is, these people are working, in many cases paying > taxes, and our unemployment rate is at historic lows. > > So what's the problem? I think that the last economic program I saw said the problem is more between the

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-11 Thread Gruss Gott
> Maureen wrote: > Do you eat Tyson chicken? Do you eat any food produced by Con-Agra? Certainly many of these companies probably *wink* *wink* these hires (either just pay them cash or accept dubious documents as proof of status), but then that's not really an immigration problem that's a busine

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-11 Thread Ben Doom
Message- > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:49 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the > Year > > Do you eat Tyson chicken? Do you eat any food produced by Con-Agra? > Do y

RE: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread Loathe
Twas merely a joke. -Original Message- From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:49 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year Do you eat Tyson chicken? Do you eat any food produced by Con-Agra? Do

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread Maureen
Do you eat Tyson chicken? Do you eat any food produced by Con-Agra? Do you drink Miller beer? Shop at Walmart? or Target? or The Cheesecake Factory? Or any of the other hundreds of companies that provide the demand side of the illegal immigration supply and demand equation? Bet you do. And I

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > This isn't about immigration, it's about illegal immigration. > That's an oxymoron to me. People come here for opportunity and they should want to and we should encourage it and it should be easy to become a citizen if you want to work, have a job, and pay taxes. Bring me your t

RE: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread Loathe
This isn't about immigration, it's about illegal immigration. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:33 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year > Maureen wro

RE: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread Loathe
I cut my own lawn thank you :) -Original Message- From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:40 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year This is not a simple solution when you're the one who h

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> Maureen wrote: > This is not a simple solution when you're the one who has to turn away > someone who is very sick or dying from medical care that would save > their live just because they happened to be born on the wrong side of > some arbitrary line on a map. > I don't think anyone should be t

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread Maureen
This is not a simple solution when you're the one who has to turn away someone who is very sick or dying from medical care that would save their live just because they happened to be born on the wrong side of some arbitrary line on a map. When everyone who is bitching about immigration stops buyin

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> gMoney wrote: > At least one publication sticks to their guns and names the REAL person of > the yearyes, i'm looking at you, Time magazine. > Simple solution to the immigration problem: (1.) Create a new law that says that employers must post hard to fill jobs centrally. If they can't

Re: Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-10 Thread G Money
At least one publication sticks to their guns and names the REAL person of the yearyes, i'm looking at you, Time magazine. On Jan 9, 2008 8:14 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320427,00.html > > Editorial writer Rodger Jones said he w

Dallas Morning News names the Illegal Alien as Texan of the Year

2008-01-09 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320427,00.html Editorial writer Rodger Jones said he was "surprised at the nastiness" of the backlash, some of which came from readers who had only seen the editorial's headline. The Texan of the Year designation, announced in Sunday's paper, has been an annual