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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 socio-economic 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 babysitters 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!)
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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 hell 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)
taxpayers' expense.
He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowner's
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 clean-up.
Cheap labor? YEAH, RIGHT! Wake
up
people!
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO 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.
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