The 'Dirty Little Secret' on Illegal Workers

LateNight · 05-19-2007, 09:43 PM

I believe the unemployment rate for Shreveport was around 4.0 as of march 2007

I don't know how MANY people 75% of contstruction labor that is illegal aliens equals to..

But if they are illegal aliens.. I take it that means they aren't paying social security taxes ? or federal or state taxes from what they get paid ?

But considering the amount of construction that is currently going on in shreveport and bossier, I'd suspect that's quite a few people.

I love how everyone in that article passes the buck.. the Construction passed the buck to the "contractor" who they say is "legal" the contractor passes it on to somebody else, who they say is "legal" but that they don't know who hires who.. ??

piemaker720 · 05-19-2007, 10:05 PM

so true, so true.

joepole · 05-20-2007, 12:04 AM

>I would rather there were no unemployment rate at all. If there were enough jobs then we would have nothing to worry about.

Even if there are enough jobs and enough employees unemployment will never be 0% because 1) some people are unemployable and 2) job turnover

Super-low unemployment is just a much an indicator of an unhealthy economy as super-high unemployment is.

Isabella · 05-20-2007, 12:12 AM

Builders have told me they cannot find people to work. Mexicans want to work, so they hire them.

LateNight · 05-20-2007, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Isabella

Builders have told me they cannot find people to work. Mexicans want to work, so they hire them.

and I can't find a doctor to prescribe me good pain meds, so I'll just make my own.

I can't find a job, so I'll just steal what I want.

the girl I met didn't want to put out, so I just raped her.

In other words.. just because they can't find enough employees, doesn't make it right to hire illegals.. how about if they can't find enough employees, they raise the minimum pay for said job, making it a more desirable job to have ?

just food for thought.

piemaker720 · 05-20-2007, 08:25 AM

Thank you Late Night, An employer will certainly say I can't find anyone that wants to work except illegals because of the cheap labor. This way they don't have to pay a good wage. For those employers it's all about the money, they know what they are doing is illegal. They know they are hiring illegal workers but when ask they say "I didn't know".

howela · 05-28-2007, 02:41 PM

What they mean is they can't find anyone to work for $7.35 an hour with no benefits.

I agree with piemaker 720, there are legal ways to work in this country.

05-20-2007, 12:12 AM	#4
Isabella Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 487 Rep Power: 259	Builders have told me they cannot find people to work. Mexicans want to work, so they hire them. __________________ Where there is a will there is a way!

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howela Advanced Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Port Royal Posts: 288 Rep Power: 242	No workers What they mean is they can't find anyone to work for $7.35 an hour with no benefits. I agree with piemaker 720, there are legal ways to work in this country.

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05-19-2007, 09:43 PM	#1
LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 290	I believe the unemployment rate for Shreveport was around 4.0 as of march 2007 I don't know how MANY people 75% of contstruction labor that is illegal aliens equals to.. But if they are illegal aliens.. I take it that means they aren't paying social security taxes ? or federal or state taxes from what they get paid ? But considering the amount of construction that is currently going on in shreveport and bossier, I'd suspect that's quite a few people. I love how everyone in that article passes the buck.. the Construction passed the buck to the "contractor" who they say is "legal" the contractor passes it on to somebody else, who they say is "legal" but that they don't know who hires who.. ??

05-19-2007, 10:05 PM	#2
piemaker720 SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,584 Rep Power: 271	so true, so true.

05-20-2007, 12:04 AM	#3
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	>I would rather there were no unemployment rate at all. If there were enough jobs then we would have nothing to worry about. Even if there are enough jobs and enough employees unemployment will never be 0% because 1) some people are unemployable and 2) job turnover Super-low unemployment is just a much an indicator of an unhealthy economy as super-high unemployment is.

05-20-2007, 08:25 AM	#6
piemaker720 SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,584 Rep Power: 271	Thank you Late Night, An employer will certainly say I can't find anyone that wants to work except illegals because of the cheap labor. This way they don't have to pay a good wage. For those employers it's all about the money, they know what they are doing is illegal. They know they are hiring illegal workers but when ask they say "I didn't know".

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