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Erik (dr.feinstein@DELETETHIS.mail.utexas.edu) wrote:
: On 25 Mar 1998 07:18:02 GMT, DKL8321@utarlg.uta.edu (Douglas K Long) wrote:

: >	And in the case of illegal immigration, especially from Mexico,
: >	tolerence could be this country's fatal flaw.  Thus far, 
: >	tolerence has been a financial burden, and increasingly, a
: >	social burden.  

: They generally haven't. Get your facts in order. Most illegals are employed [pay
: payroll taxes], buy things [pay sales taxes], and rent housing somewhere or
: another [their landlords pay property taxes]. Sounds a lot like your average
: citizen's tax burden, doesn't it? They do all that, and they take the "lowest
: rung" jobs that most citizens sneer at - like roofing, yardwork, and street
: work.

	Many illegals are paid under the table.  Many live communally;
	that is, five to ten to an apartment - thus undercutting property
	taxes.  And the jobs they take used to be done by Americans, many
	of them young people earning a few bucks in high school or college
	and learning about work.  Illegals are no bargain, except to those
	who employ them.


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