Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about? Businesses don't want to pay a
decent wage, consumers don't want expensive produce. Government will tell you
Americans don't want the jobs they take but their 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 who sneaks in here with his wife and five children.

He takes a
job for five or six dollars an hour. At that wage with six dependents he pays no income tax,
yet at the end of the year if he files income tax he gets an "earned income credit " of up to
$3,200 free . He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent, h e qualifies for
food stamps, h e qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care. His children
get free breakfasts and lunches at school, bilingual teachers and books. He qualifies
for relief from high energy bills. If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled they qualify
for Social Security. Once qualified for Social Security they can qualify for Medicare. All of
this is at that taxpayers expense.

He doesn't have to worry about car insurance. If he gets drunk and hits you, it's your
insurance that will pay - he has no money, life insurance, or homeowners insurance.
Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material. (so he needen't
bother to learn the language) He cannot be fired, harassed, or sued. He and his family
receive the equivalent of $20 to $30 an hour in benefits. Working Americans are lucky to
have $5 or $6 an hour left after paying their bills and his . They also pay for increased
crime, graffiti, and trash clean-up. And, some pay the ultimate price when hit by an illegal drunk
driver.

Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT!"

It's cheap for the employer who hires him - - but expensive for the
taxpayers who must support him.

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