Cheap Labor

I don't know who wrote this, I just recieved it in an email and wanted to pass it along.  If you are the author please let me know.   > > >        NEXT TIME YOU GO SHOPPING AND YOU SEE MADE IN > ( SOME FOREIGN  > >COUNTRY > >        )  REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS. > > > > > >        WE ARE WELL ON THE SAME ROAD AS THE ROMANS > TOOK YEARS GONE BY. > > > > > >        AS KRUSCHEV STATED AFTER RETURNING FROM HIS > VISIT TO AMERICA IN THE > >        60'S " WE DON"T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT > FIGHTING AMERICA, THEY ARE ON > >        THE PATH TO SELF DESTRUCTION, IT's ONLY A > MATTER OF TIME" > > > > > >        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, a lie...an oxymoron? > >        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 the 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 taxpayer's also pay for > increased crime, graffiti and > >        trash > >        clean up. > > > > > >        Cheap labor? > > > > > >        YEAH RIGHT! > > > > > >        Wake up USA!?   Technorati Tags : immigrations, labor, welfare   Powered By Qumana

Abusing the "system"

Yesterday I was reading a thread where the topic was "Can I work while on disability?".  I was amazed that the first ten responses were from people who were on disability and working in one form or the other.  They also touched on about how much you could make without losing your disability benefits.  Finally someone else jumped in and asked very politely that people be aware that they should actually need disability before collecting it.  This person got jumped on pretty bad for being so insensitive and all of these people obviously needed the disability or they wouldn't have gotten it.  One person even went so far as to say they had been labeled extensively by doctors. I finally had to say something.  What I heard where people admitting that they could work but that they didn't want to lose their disability benefits by working too much!  For goodness sakes.  What ever happened to people feeling proud when they could work and actually get out of the system?  What is so bad about that?   Now I know that there are tons of people with disabilities who will never be able to get out of the system because they truly cannot work.  This includes people with physical and mental disabilities.  If you CAN work, why wouldn't you want to get off of the disability insurance?  Why do people feel like it is free money and they just can't lose it? I don't get it.    Technorati Tags : disability, work, insurance, system, abuse     Powered By Qumana

Opinions and thoughts

Will it never end?  Recently Mel Gibson made a huge boo boo.  When he was arrested for drunken driving he made some pretty racist comments to the police offer arresting him and those comments were caught on tape.  Now I don't agree with the things he said at all but I am confused as to why we feel celebrities aren't allowed to have thoughts or opinions that don't mesh with our own.  The nation is made up of people with tons of differing opinions and thoughts. Just take a look at Rush Limbaughs fan base.  Personally I don't like the guy at all.  Should I not be able to express that thought without fear of losing my friends?  I just think we expect way to much of celebrities.  I would like to see all celebrities and politicians express their true beliefs, thoughts and opinions.  If we don't agree with them we shouldn't watch their shows, we shouldn't vote for them etc.  We all liked Mel until we found out how he really felt.  Did he suddenly start feeling that way or were we just all blinded by his brilliance?  ha!  I doubt it.   Technorati Tags : celebrity, thoughts, ideals, opinions, politics     Powered By Qumana