- CHEAP TOMATOES? This should make everyone think,
be you Democrat, Republican or Independent The following is from
a Southern California, LA area 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 socioleconomic
and income levels.
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- 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 student s 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. (OUR
TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
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- 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 caused
so many problems with the female teachers, calling them "Putas"
whores and throwing things that the teachers were in tears.
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- 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.
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- 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?
There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that contribute
to our country and many that I consider my true friends. We should
encourage and accept those Hispanics who have done it the right and legal
way. 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 "politically correctness" that we don't have the
will to do anything about it."
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- If the above letter makes your blood boil, as it did
mine, forward this to everyone you know.
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- CHEAP LABOR?
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- Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?
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- Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.
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- Consumers don't want expensive produce.
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- Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs.
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- 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."
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- 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.
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- He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.
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- He qualifies for food stamps.
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- He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health
care.
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- His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.
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- He requires bilingual teachers and books.
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- He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.
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- 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.
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- He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance,
or homeowners insurance.
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- Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and
printed material.
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- He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to
$30.00/hour in benefits.
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- Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour
left after paying their bills and his.
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- The American taxpayers also pay for increased crime,
graffiti and trash clean-up.
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- 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.
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