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Article #2221Re: Illegal aliens demand more welfare
From: Douglas Long
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 00:00
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"Margaret Bartley" <margaretREMOVETHISbartley@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I think Americans would do it, if they were given the chance. They would
expect
> minimum wage, though, and decent working conditions, so the price of fruit
might
> jump from $1.29 to 2.09, but I think people would accept that, if they
know it means
> decent wages for the farmworkers.
The cost of picking a crop is about two percent of the
cost paid at the market by consumers. The jump in price
would be minimal. The cost to consumers now is possibly
greater than it would be if Americans did the work because
consumers are paying billions each year in taxes to pay
for the health, education, and welfare of the low-paid
immigrants.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,e212805b58e2e4f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 104eff,e212805b58e2e4f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104eff,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,e212805b58e2e4f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public X-Google-Thread: fc3d7,e212805b58e2e4f6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc3d7,public From: "Douglas Long" <dkl8321@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Illegal aliens demand more welfare Date: 2000/05/23 Message-ID: <8gef78$nlm$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> X-Deja-AN: 626357238 References: <8fo7k7$bvm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8fof6p$8tmuo$3@rn.area.com> <00603d5d.be3ba230@usw-ex0105-034.remarq.com> <Dd_T4.651$ov3.1928@news.swbell.net> <8fqbcl$8vqhm$1@rn.area.com> <8gd9o0$m4l$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> X-Priority: 3 X-Server-Date: 23 May 2000 17:30:16 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Reply-To: "Douglas Long" <dkl8321@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: la.general,alt.politics.immigration,ca.general,ca.politics