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A teacher on Illegals

Sandhusker

Well-known member
Food for thought...

From a California teacher
Subject: Tomatoes and cheap labor

This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or
Independent

From a California school teacher - - -"As you listen to the news about
the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things
that you should be aware of: I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell
Gardens, Huntington Park, etc., where these students are protesting,
are also Title 1 schools.

Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When
I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a
full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a
Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and
trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT
WORK)

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least
moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The
school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the
inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding
for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything;
my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for
the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been
carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel
humbled and grateful to have a free education in America. (OUR TAX
DOLLARS AT WORK)

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers
whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the
country less than 3 months who raised so much hell with the female
teachers, calling them "Putas", whores, and throwing things that the
teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, free day care etc., etc., etc.
Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but
to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?

To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants
contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and
housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in
the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs,
more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.

We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because
we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind
really think they will voluntarily leave and return?

There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that contribute
to our country and many that I consider my true friends. We should
encourage and accept those Hispanics who have done it the right and
legal way.

It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world
culture that does not value education, that accept children getting
pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to
assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried
about "politically correct" that we don't have the will to do anything
about it.

If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to everyone
you know.

CHEAP LABOR?

Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?

Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.

Consumers don't want expensive produce.

Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs. But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie. there is no such thing as "cheap labor."

Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He
takes a job for $5.00 or $6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents,
he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an
Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200
free.

He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.

He qualifies for food stamps.

He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.

His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.

He requires bilingual teachers and books.

He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.

If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled, they qualify for SSI.
Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare. All of this is
at (our) taxpayer's expense.

He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners
insurance.

Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed
material.

He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in
benefits.

Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left after
paying their bills and his. The American taxpayers also pay for increased crime, graffiti and trash clean-up.

Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people.
 

Tex

Well-known member
katrina said:


Ditto!!!!


Our trade negotiators need to keep the same ideas in mind when it comes to our international trade. Currently, they don't.

They are helping create a lot of the problems we have in America when they are willing to forget the real costs of trade. Our Constitution and founding fathers gave the House of Representatives the power over international trade because they are the most accountable to the people. We have allowed the executive branch to go fast track on these trade negotiations and take the heat off of the House of Representatives. It has resulted in record trade deficits and loss of domestic industries.

I am all for trade, but we do have to have considerations other than just price when we make trade agreements. Allowing companies like Walmart to be the primary beneficiaries in arbitraging the differences between goods only allows them to "win" in the free market game and to consolidate the industry. This does seem to have benefits for domestic consumers in the form of lower prices, but the results have been devastating to domestic producer's income. The external costs like that shown in the illegal alien debate are not even being counted. When states like Maryland have stepped in to require the benefits Walmart gets in the market place to connect to these concerns, the courts have sided with big business, not public interests. The public gets lower costs of goods but they end up paying for some of that benefit in the costs of state and federal programs in the form of taxes.

We need government officials who run the country in the public interest, not just in the interests of big business and the concentration of wealth.

When we don't, we all lose.
 
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