freeman3 wrote:In other words, half the minimum wage workers are 25 or older. Your stats are for federal minimum wage. For your argument to be valid...you need stats on those making a living wage or less.
No, it shows that the “problem” is not what you make it out to be: some epidemic of households across the nation. In fact, I might well argue, “Physician, heal thyself.”
http://www.politifact.com/california/st ... ty-rate-w/ McDonald's is paying illegals to work there? Didn't know that...
Do you know they don’t—given the ease with which fake ID’s are available?
However, that’s really beside the point. Labor supply is labor supply. Illegals are working, yes? If so, they are driving down the demand for unskilled labor among legal workers.
Go ahead. Prove that wrong.
Anyway, how many illegal workers are here 5-10 million? That seems like a drop in the bucket out of an overall labor force of 150 million.
Sigh. You complain about me, then you do this? What percentage of the overall labor force is unskilled? That’s the fair comparison of the illegal worker.
But let's assume for the sake of argument that it has a significant effect on low wages. I don't have a trouble with strict border control. If you agree to a living wage..you can build a wall 100 feet high. Two problems I have with those opposing illegal immigration: (1) it scapegoats mexican, it's rooted in xenophobia-- anti-immigration forces has always been thus, (2) it is traumatic to uproot people who have been here a long time; I think if you have been here 5 years without any problems and you're working and staying out of trouble..we just let you stay. If you want to get people out...get them out quickly before they put down roots.
1. Nonsense. We all know many crossing the border are OTM.
2. Nonsense. That they have been successfully avoiding obeying the law does not give them a pardon. Furthermore, it’s comical to say that because Obama let them in they should be able to stay—which is what you’re saying with your 5 year rule. What nonsense is that?
I, like most Americans, are not opposed to a pathway for citizenship
AFTER the border has been controlled and the attraction for illegal immigrants has been closed. In other words, reform the system, then we can talk about legalization. Democrats are bent on the opposite. And, once legalization occurs, they will stonewall reform as they have for quite some time. They are only interested in MORE illegal aliens. In fact, if Democrats had their way they would effectively erase our borders. The more poor and ignorant socialists they can get into the country, the happier they are.
I would definitely support very strict border control for a living wage. Definitely. Having seen the trauma of long-time residents being deported...I do wish people would see the inhumanity of that. But strict border control I don't oppose, I just wish it came from a better place.
I would definitely support a living wage in exchange for a balanced budget amendment, a 10% cut in the Federal budget this year, term limits on Congress and the Supreme Court, Voter ID laws, defunding of Planned Parenthood, the elimination of the EPA and Departments of Energy and Education, the repeal of the ACA, and a restoration of limitations on the Federal government.
Deal?