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Over the Kohls on Monday, May 21, 2007 9:07:35 PM
Rush Limbaugh raised an issue today that, to me, nails the Dems right to the wall. The very same people, primarily Big Business hating Dems, that are saying we need all these illegal immigrants here to do the grunt work that Americans won't do (I hate that phrase) such as pick vegetables and fruit and that our American economy would collapse without these low paid workers, are the very same people that rant and rave about how Wal-Mart is screwing the American worker by paying low wages and not providing health care to its workers. Why is it that the agriculture industry gets a pass, hiring the cheapest, below minimum wage workers, with no benefits while Wal-Mart gets skewered for hiring its workers for much higher wages than paid to the illegals and even provides its' workers with health care, even though the MSM would have you believe otherwise? Why the double standard?
When and if the Immigration bill goes through, tens of millions of illegals become LEGAL and guess what, they become eligible for MINIMUM WAGE, probably double that of what they are making now. Also, let's not forget that these people who broke our laws getting here also immediately become eligible for Welfare, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefits. Remember what old Ross Perot, darling of Saturday Night Live, used to say? "Do you hear that large sucking sound?" Well these days that large sucking sound is the sound of funds draining out of the US, State and local government treasuries to pay for the RIGHT of these illegals to "come out of the shadows" and become just like all their Dem friends, feeding off the government trough.
I haven't' even mentioned the strain that this new bill will put on our educational system when these newly legal immigrants are now allowed to bring in their immediate families because, for God's sake, we don't want to be accused of separating families. So now the 12 million quickly becomes 30-35 million in a very short period of time. Not being property owners, the new legals will overwhelmingly strain the public funding of our schools. Hospitals that are already closing due to the steady flow of illegals, will be even more overwhelmed by the now legal immigrants who remain uninsured. (A perfect opening for the Dems to come running in with a National Healthcare Plan so that all American residents can enjoy our soon to be declining healthcare system, at the expense of the taxpaying segment of the population, of course.) But I digress.
How do I sign on for this Immigration bill? It's too good to be true, if you are an illegal alien, that is.