tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post114659440770222195..comments2023-12-11T16:47:48.512-06:00Comments on Three O'Clock in the Morning: La Vita LocaFletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1146865954537399582006-05-05T16:52:00.000-05:002006-05-05T16:52:00.000-05:00roldy, thanks for stoping by and commenting. yes, ...roldy, thanks for stoping by and commenting. <BR/><BR/>yes, race is an issue for people who want to make it an issue. I think a lot of people use race as a way to incite discontent to drum up political support. If you can convince a group that they are somehow dissaffected and then tell them you can help them "get what's due them," then you've suddenly got a nice little political power base.<BR/><BR/>Americans are already becoming very "entitlement" minded in all aspects of the culture.<BR/><BR/>Regarding your other point about increasing taxes, my concern is that a significant portion of the illegal immigrants won't want to work once they are eligible for social wellfare benefits. This isn't a race issue, since the majority of current wellfare recipients are white.<BR/><BR/>But a major part of the argument in favor of illegal immigration is that "they take jobs that nobody else wants." <BR/><BR/>Well, if you can get the same or better benefits from government wellfare programs than from a crapy job that no legal citizen wants, wouldn't you take it?<BR/><BR/>It appears that this, in part, is what's happening in France.FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1146865150282327892006-05-05T16:39:00.000-05:002006-05-05T16:39:00.000-05:00First off - I agree that the bill has been badly h...First off - I agree that the bill has been badly handled and that neither side can now back down. <BR/><BR/>BUT aren't you missing something on the stretched welfare programs thing...<BR/><BR/>Illegal immigration is only a burden as the workers are not properly paid and so are not contributing income tax! It is best thought of as a tax dodge by proxy for their employers. <BR/><BR/>If undocumented workers are incorporated into the system then they would start paying taxes like everybody else. <BR/><BR/>At the moment the employers simply pay them at a gross rate that is equal to a normal workers net rate. <BR/><BR/>So let's assume the average tax contribution would be $10000 dollars per newly legal immigrant. If there are 11 million workers that's 110 billion dollars per year they can pay toward your stretched welfare programmes. And concerned administration could even earmark the money for this purpose. (You do also need to account for the tax lost on fallen profits of the employers currently employing them - however they would probably just pass this on to the consumer. And some businesses may go under - but not a huge amount.)<BR/><BR/>Workers are an important fuel for a mixed economy. That has been an enlightened consensus for years in America. What changed? There really can only be one answer, although it must be painful for you to come to terms with. America's blind spot is race race race.<BR/><BR/>It may not be a race issue for you but believe me it is for others.Roldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209420968749830727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-1146674344750167152006-05-03T11:39:00.000-05:002006-05-03T11:39:00.000-05:00i love burritos...i love burritos...Aymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793295350314978878noreply@blogger.com