Cheap Labor

Cheap Tomatoes


This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen
yet.
Tomatoes and Cheap Labor

CHEAP TOMATOES?
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 a 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.

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.

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
...

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. For me, I'll pay
more for tomatoes.

Americans, We need to wake up.

It does, however, have everything to do with culture: It involves an American third-world culture that does not value education, that
accepts 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 "political
correctness" that we don't have
the will to do anything about it.

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.
If qualified for SSI
they can qualify for Medicaid.
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.



Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT!

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS OF EITHER PARTY. AND WHEN
THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY (or what we ask?), WE SHOULD REPLACE
THEM .

Immigration legislation is to be considered in 2010. This is important to working Americans, our economy and our American culture and
heritage..