🚀 go-pugleaf

tmclone@searchmachine.com wrote:
> On Jul 23, 1:54 pm, hp...@lycos.com wrote:
>> On Jul 23, 4:36 am, s...@nospam.org (Way Back Jack) wrote:
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>>> The Honorable Tom Harkin
>>> 731 Hart Senate Office Building
>>> Phone (202) 224 3254
>>> Washington DC , 20510
>>> Dear Senator Harkin,
>>> As a native Iowan and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue
>>> Service, I
>>> am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department
>>> of
>>> Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming
>>> an
>>> illegal alien and they referred me to you.
>>> My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to
>>> illegal alien stems from the bill which was recently passed by the
>>> Senate
>>> and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill's provisions
>>> is
>>> accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for
>>> five
>>> years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine
>>> and
>>> income taxes for three of the last five years. I know a good deal when
>>> I see
>>> one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone
>>> figures it
>>> out.
>>> Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay
>>> taxes
>>> every year so I'm excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of
>>> taxes
>>> in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply
>>> to be
>>> illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and
>>> my
>>> family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.
>>> Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the local
>>> emergency
>>> room as my primary health care provider. Once I have stopped paying
>>> premiums
>>> for medical insurance, my accountant figures I could save almost
>>> $10,000 a
>>> year.
>>> Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter
>>> would
>>> receive preferential treatment relative to her law school
>>> applications, as
>>> well as 'in-state' tuition rates for many colleges throughout the
>>> United
>>> States for my son.
>>> Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of the
>>> burden of
>>> renewing my driver's license and making those burdensome car insurance
>>> premiums. This is very important to me given that I still have college
>>> age
>>> children driving my car.
>>> If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become
>>> illegal
>>> (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would
>>> be
>>> most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance.
>>> Your Loyal Constituent,
>>> Get your Forms (NOW)!! Call your Internal Revenue Service
>>> 1-800-289-1040.
>> And they wonder why folks want to "take a dump" on Washington, DC.
>>
> 
> Word. When my wallet was stolen and I had to go to the SS office to
> get a
> new card, I was absolutely dumbstruck by what I saw in the waiting
> room. I
> was the only person speaking English and the only woman there with no
> children. My Spanish is a bit rusty (haven't lived abroad since the
> 1980s),
> but I was able to figure out that most of the people waiting were
> never
> employed, possibly undocumented, but were receiving all sorts of
> bennies.
> It was apparent that most of them spoke no English at all. Note that I
> live
> in rural upstate NY, not a city. Outside of the SS office I have never
> heard
> anyone speaking anything other than English. That includes people
> working at
> local gas station quik e marts, stores, and the Thruway rest stop. Of
> course, that includes only people who work, not those who stay home
> and pump
> out babies as their chosen "profession". Once again, "your tax dollars
> at
> work".
> 

In a sense, yes.  Americans are not reproducing enough to maintain the
population demographics that our economy has always relied on (though
they are unsustainable in the long run - the population can't grow
forever).  Increasingly, we want to have careers instead of kids and
spend all the income on ourselves.  But that doesn't work.  We need a
next generation to mow our lawns, harvest our crops, flip hamburgers,
and support us in old age.  Social security reduced the personal
incentive to have kids as a retirement investment, for better or worse.
 So here we are, outsourcing childbearing and childrearing to people who
will do it cheaper, just like picking fruit or laying tile.  From an
evolutionary perspective it's surprising.