[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]Severiano wrote:
[quote]Quasi-Tech wrote:
Cheap labor helps American businesses thrive, but not for Americans who pay taxes, and need to achieve a standard of living because they don’t live tax free… how is this good for America? Or are you referring to lining the pockets of the CEO’s, COO’s, and stock holders?
What is a cyote? Sorry I may not know the lingo.
Stationing our overseas troops to defend our border, giving them actual work instead of “laying off” military because they are too expensive, is one way to close our borders. You don’t need walls just barbed wire fences and armed guards given permission to fire upon anyone attempting to cross in an “unsanctioned zone.”
I have a sneaking suspicion you either don’t pay much for taxes, or don’t pay much attention to how much of your income is taken by taxes and what percentage of that is fed to people who literally do nothing and offer nothing to a country that is coddling them on our dime.[/quote]
Coyote’s, people who make a living moving other people across the U.S. boarder. They tend to be pretty dangerous folks as are most human traffickers.
When I think about the U.S. militarizing the U.S. Borders, I imagine we end up in another war. But the messed up thing is we end up at war with what is ultimately just a middle man. While we are at war with Mexican drug cartels we will see what happens to the entities within the U.S. who benefit from illegal labor and make money hand over fist, then talk like illegal aliens are the devil. I suspect Mexicans will be quite demonized during this time and other entities will find ways to get drugs into the country or continue building the infrastructure to manufacture them within the country. As it is a lot of the meth products coming from Mex are imported from Asia/ China… Coke is from Columbia/S. America and a tiny portion from Mexico itself…
At least folks like you would see reality for what it is. What will we do? React by sending more jobs to China. How giving China jobs gets a pass in the Republican mind is beyond me. Aren’t they red China commies? I’ll tell you this, Mexico isn’t producing any of the raw materials for drugs, other than really crappy Marijuana that hardly anybody buys.
Comedy gold to me man. Go ahead, militarize the border, you will do Mexico a favor. [/quote]
Exactly what US business entities are making money hand over fist using illegals?
Maybe it happens and I just haven’t seen it, but people are acting like Halliburton and Citi are raking in billions off of the backs of illegal immigrants.
Maybe there are some huge agricultural conglomerates? Who are they?
The only companies employing illegals that I’ve seen have been scummy landscape outfits who won’t pay enough to get regular native labor, and they sure as hell aren’t making money hand over fist. Maybe enough to buy a couple of eight balls on the weekend and fool themselves into thinking that they’re doin it right, but not nearly enough to make up for their lack of actual skill or acumen.
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20 years ago, college kids made up the bulk of the landscapers by me. A few kids in a pickup truck with some hand mowers and basic gardening tools. They started in May, worked until they went back to school. Maybe a few that went to school locally kept it going on the weekends.
But nobody wants to bust their ass cutting lawns. I did it all through high school and always has $$ in my pocket.
Now the crews are all Mexicans and Central Americans. Legal or not, who knows? My last year’s landscaping bill came to $147 per month for the citting season. They were always in & out in 15 minutes and my yard looked mint. So I guess the owners were doing pretty well. I was talking to one of the workers last year about what he does in the winter. They go back home and live like kings for 3-4 months and they send $$ home every week. So I don’t think they’re doing that badly.
Rob