Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-19 Thread Erika L. Walker
+ a million On 5/18/07, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Doesn't legitimising these people who are already in the country, and > will likely remain illegally in the country for generations, mean that > you start RECEIVING taxes? > > And if they are involved in criminal activities now they are

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Tony
On 5/18/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tony wrote: > > there are plenty of unemployed AMERICANS who need jobs. > > > > Yeah, but Bruce said it himself: they don't want to work for what > those jobs pay. And that pay is connected to the cost of the service > provided. And that cost

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Bruce Sorge
bject: Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform I doubt most of the nation has any clue as to what is happening in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas pertaining to immigration. ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adob

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
; Bruce > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 6:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform > >

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:56 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform >> >> Here you can go down to a certain area and pick up day l

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Bruce Sorge
English. Bruce -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 6:45 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform In 1987 we had a huge amnesty program. Illegal immigration was out of control et

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Nick McClure
$8 and hour is more than they are making here. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform > > Here you can go d

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here you can go down to a certain area and pick up day laborers (illegal hispanic immigrants) for $8.00 an hour. The live 6 - 10 guys per apartment have no cars, no insurance, or any other responsibilities. Sure they send money back to Mexico or where ever but the average wage in Mexico is wha

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Gruss Gott
> Tony wrote: > there are plenty of unemployed AMERICANS who need jobs. > Yeah, but Bruce said it himself: they don't want to work for what those jobs pay. And that pay is connected to the cost of the service provided. And that cost determines if that service is offered. Lower cost services = h

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In 1987 we had a huge amnesty program. Illegal immigration was out of control etc... So now we are doing it again? WTF??? Fix the system and stop forgiving those who break the law. I went to see the whales in Sacramento yesterday. Probably upwards of 1,500 people. An event that had no soc

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Nick McClure
You can't do either. Employers will always find a way around the laws. They've been paying cash for a lot of these jobs for years even before the immigrant workforce came in. Construction demand went way up, so the builders and the contractors needed people to do the work. It will be interesting

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Bruce Sorge
is what I think anyway. Bruce -Original Message- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 6:07 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform To me that's the crux: you were not willing to work for the amount of

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Tony
]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:06 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform > > > > I beg to differ. Last year

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:06 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform > > I beg to differ. Last year when I moved back to California I could not &

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread G Money
For the second time in the history of this list, I agree with Gel. This is an imperfect solution to an imperfect problem in an imperfect world. But I think it's as good as we can get, I think we need to just bite the bullet on this one and focus on doing the right thing GOING FORWARD. On 5/18/07,

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Bruce Sorge
In a perfect world this would be the case, but it is not. (1.) Those that illegally immigrate to work. Sure, they work for roofing companies, for example. There's no way an employer is going to hire an illegal when there are plenty of legal workers available for the job and this bill makes that

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Bruce Sorge
s the border to work here (or steal). It is breaking the law and they should be punished, not rewarded. Bruce -Original Message- From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:45 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Re

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Vivec
Doesn't legitimising these people who are already in the country, and will likely remain illegally in the country for generations, mean that you start RECEIVING taxes? And if they are involved in criminal activities now they are 'on the map' so to speak and can be found? And also, doesn't give yo

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > bro, don't sweat it. most of these people do jobs you wouldn't touch, for > money you would think of as pocket change. the country needs these people. I'm with Robert on this one. The law regarding the legal immigration of *workers* hasn't been touched in over 20 years and the l

RE: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-18 Thread Loathe
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:45 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform bro, don't sweat it. most of these people do jobs you wouldn't touch, for money you would think of as pocket change. the country needs these people. as far a

Re: This absolutely takes the cake - Immigration Reform

2007-05-17 Thread Robert Munn
bro, don't sweat it. most of these people do jobs you wouldn't touch, for money you would think of as pocket change. the country needs these people. as far as lawbreaking goes, most of them have done nothing more than sneak across the border to fend jobs with employers who are dying to hire them. i