THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED
ALONG TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OR WE WILL ALL
GO DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE A FEW DON'T CARE.
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 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.
(
OUR TAX DOLLARS AT
WORK
)
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 baby-sitters or having family
watch their kids.
(
OUR TAX DOLLARS AT
WORK)
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.
(OUR
TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
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 then 3 months who raised so much
h--- with the female teachers, calling them "Putas"
whores and throwing things; that the teachers were in tears.
Free medical, free education, free food,
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
etc., etc., etc.
For me, I'll
pay more for tomatoes.
We
need to wake up. The
guest worker program will be a disaster
because we won't have the guts to enforce it.
Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave
and return?
It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A 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.
If
this makes your blood
boil,
as
it did mine, forward this to everyone you know.
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.
Once
qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare.
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.
The American taxpayers also pay for increased crime, graffiti
and trash cleanup.
Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake
up
people!
THESE
ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES FOR EITHER PARTY. 'AND WHEN THEY LIE TO
US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT
ONCE!'
THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED ALONG TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OR WE WILL ALL GO
DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE A FEW DON'T CARE.
