Comments on: City of Austin to Run New Day Laborer Site http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kw http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23502 kw Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:32:24 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23502 Oh I know you didn't... but I do. Oh I know you didn’t… but I do.

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23501 Preston Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:49:53 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23501 Ha ha- I didn't mean it that way KW. Just talking about the <em>sweep</em>... Ha ha- I didn’t mean it that way KW.

Just talking about the sweep…

]]> By: kw http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23498 kw Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:35:20 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23498 hahaha! Yes, Preston. I ride my broom everywhere. hahaha! Yes, Preston. I ride my broom everywhere.

]]> By: Tim http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23496 Tim Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:01:47 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23496 Why in the world would we go after the illegal immigrants? This is supply and demand pure and simple. Get rid of the supply of jobs and the illegal immigrants will no longer be here. It's pointless spending money rounding people up who are just looking for a job. They'll just be back (even if we build walls, they're already building tunnels). We should be rounding up the people looking for day laborers. After all, at best they're looking to hire people for unfair wages without paying taxes. At worst they're looking to hire illegal immigrants. These employeres are the real leaches on our government. They are the ones insuring that our social security and medicaid costs go up by not employing real workers and paying taxes. You don't blame a starving man for taking a job. You blame the man who only hires starving men. I don't understand why we put up with these people at all unless it's because there are too many republicans who know that if they send back the immigrants their yard still gets mowed. If they arrest the employer, the find out that they actually just arrested their next door neighbor who gets them that "sweet" deal on lawn care. Before they know it their yard's looking shaggy and the HOA is knocking on their doors threatening foreclosure. The entire American lifestyle right now is built on the backs of illegal immigrants. If you believe you could live in anything close to the style you've become accustomed without them you're deluding yourself. If they somehow successfully shut down illegal immigration we would see the price of food probably double or triple over night. The entire fast food industry and most of the restaurant industry would collapse. Stores would be understocked as only products from unionized areas of the country would actually still be coming in. The cost of lawn care and cleaning services would be out of reach of only the most affluent (your company would probably have to have a rotating schedule for cleaning the bathroom). Day care centers would see their prices triple. The cost of chicken and beef would double. In short it would probably trigger an economic depression in the world the likes of which have never been seen. Our ability to buy cheap goods drive the world. And our ability to get our hands on cheap goods is driven by cheap over seas labor, and cheap illegal labor to get it to us. Why in the world would we go after the illegal immigrants? This is supply and demand pure and simple. Get rid of the supply of jobs and the illegal immigrants will no longer be here. It’s pointless spending money rounding people up who are just looking for a job. They’ll just be back (even if we build walls, they’re already building tunnels). We should be rounding up the people looking for day laborers. After all, at best they’re looking to hire people for unfair wages without paying taxes. At worst they’re looking to hire illegal immigrants. These employeres are the real leaches on our government. They are the ones insuring that our social security and medicaid costs go up by not employing real workers and paying taxes. You don’t blame a starving man for taking a job. You blame the man who only hires starving men.

I don’t understand why we put up with these people at all unless it’s because there are too many republicans who know that if they send back the immigrants their yard still gets mowed. If they arrest the employer, the find out that they actually just arrested their next door neighbor who gets them that “sweet” deal on lawn care. Before they know it their yard’s looking shaggy and the HOA is knocking on their doors threatening foreclosure.

The entire American lifestyle right now is built on the backs of illegal immigrants. If you believe you could live in anything close to the style you’ve become accustomed without them you’re deluding yourself. If they somehow successfully shut down illegal immigration we would see the price of food probably double or triple over night. The entire fast food industry and most of the restaurant industry would collapse. Stores would be understocked as only products from unionized areas of the country would actually still be coming in. The cost of lawn care and cleaning services would be out of reach of only the most affluent (your company would probably have to have a rotating schedule for cleaning the bathroom). Day care centers would see their prices triple. The cost of chicken and beef would double. In short it would probably trigger an economic depression in the world the likes of which have never been seen. Our ability to buy cheap goods drive the world. And our ability to get our hands on cheap goods is driven by cheap over seas labor, and cheap illegal labor to get it to us.

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23469 Preston Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:50:40 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23469 <em>It’s a catch-22. IF we continue to provide opportunities for them to come hear and lead productive lives, they’ll keep coming here…no matter how tight we batten down the hatches at the border.</em> I don't think so. They don't come here for the English lessons- they want to work. If employers are required to verify the documentation of their workers the supply will dry up pretty quickly. It’s a catch-22. IF we continue to provide opportunities for them to come hear and lead productive lives, they’ll keep coming here…no matter how tight we batten down the hatches at the border.

I don’t think so. They don’t come here for the English lessons- they want to work. If employers are required to verify the documentation of their workers the supply will dry up pretty quickly.

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23468 Preston Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:48:31 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23468 Good luck, KW. Are you bringing a broom? Good luck, KW. Are you bringing a broom?

]]> By: kw http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23464 kw Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:34:12 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23464 Personally I think we should rid the world of Time Warner Cable in some midevil fashion... I'm off to see the Astros. Thank you for a great day of mental exercise Robbie, Preston, et al. Personally I think we should rid the world of Time Warner Cable in some midevil fashion…

I’m off to see the Astros. Thank you for a great day of mental exercise Robbie, Preston, et al.

]]> By: kw http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23463 kw Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:05:39 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23463 It is a worthy cause Preston, but not a very probable solution. It is a worthy cause Preston, but not a very probable solution.

]]> By: Robbie http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23461 Robbie Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:53:31 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23461 It's a catch-22. IF we continue to provide opportunities for them to come hear and lead productive lives, they'll keep coming here...no matter how tight we batten down the hatches at the border. We're ultimately in agreement here though, that the Bush Administration is failing horribley when it comes to battling illegal immigration (and it's the one area that Democrats are more-than-happy to let him fail and keep their mouths shut about it). It’s a catch-22. IF we continue to provide opportunities for them to come hear and lead productive lives, they’ll keep coming here…no matter how tight we batten down the hatches at the border.

We’re ultimately in agreement here though, that the Bush Administration is failing horribley when it comes to battling illegal immigration (and it’s the one area that Democrats are more-than-happy to let him fail and keep their mouths shut about it).

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23460 Preston Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:51:48 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/08/31/austin-day-labor-site/#comment-23460 <em>There is a different between enacting government programs that actually help people and creating a costly facade at the taxpayers expense.</em> I would think that teaching the poorest groups of people English and helping their assimilation is a pretty worthy goal. There is a different between enacting government programs that actually help people and creating a costly facade at the taxpayers expense.

I would think that teaching the poorest groups of people English and helping their assimilation is a pretty worthy goal.

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