Thursday, August 03, 2006

Illegal Immigration

Why is it that the President and our Senate are on a crash course to produce a bill that will do nothing but harm our nation? I thought we elected these people to represent us?

I heard a report yesterday stating the real number of illegals is closer to 30 million. Our government seems fixated on a number closer to 14 million. Fourteen or thirty, what's a few million? Well no matter what the number is in millions, the drain on our society is huge. The cost of education, welfare and healthcare that many is huge. And how finances these undocumented workers, hereafter know as in my articles as illegals (if you park in front a fire hydrant, its not undocumented parking, it's illegal parking). The working middle class, that's who.

The argument goes, "we need them, they take work that no one else will take". Is it because some employers can find people to take that work at less than subsistence wages? If there was a vacuum of potential worker, simple economics tells us that to attract the worker wages would have to increase to be attractive to those currently here. In essence they are depressing wages by accepting less than subsistence wages.

Back to whose going to pay again, another argument goes "when they are legal they will not cost society as they will be contributing taxes". With less than subsisitence wages, they will be eleigle for earned income credit when they file their taxes. That means the Middle Class will be writing checks at tax time to them though tax refunds. In essence, we the Middle Class are subsidising the employers who are not willing to pay a prevailing wage. Most people in their financial condition end up paying a negative tax, they get back what they paid and more. So who pays? The Middle Class.

Now if we allow these illegals to gain citizenship, who is going to process them? We don't even have the resources to deport then as the current law requires.

How will we stop this illegal influx across our southern border. Why were suppose to ask Mexico if it's ok to build a fence withing our own border. Imagine that......

What happened to the oath of office our elected officials took to "serve and protect" as well as enforce our current laws?

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