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To: Road Walker who wrote (225719)	3/22/2005 2:47:51 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572771

re: CA pays a steep price for its cheap labor. Can you replace the cheap labor? No. They would be subject to minimum wages like the rest of us. That's why CA doesn't want the spigot turned off. Do the jobs you need done get done? Some wouldn't.....most would. Or does the cost of those jobs double, or more? The most extreme example would be a doubling in price. However, if you need a new roof; then you need a new roof. The concern is that there would be less money for discretionary items. If you have a guess worker program, do you capture more taxes from the wages... that help defray the services? Maybe........but you would have to allocate a lot of dollars to cities to compensate. Often, illegals are living ten guys to a room. The impact on the city infrastructure.....roads, sewers, hospitals, schools etc is huge. Lots of questions. I know they could shut down illegal immigration over night. Just pass a law where the business owner that hires an illegal will go to jail for a year. Second offense 3 years. They already have......they don't go to jail but they pay large fines. Eventually, the INS looks the other way. There is been very little effort to inforce immigration laws for the reasons I cited previously. INS is never fully staffed. But what's the net result? Crops dying in the fields? Have you ever seen crops dying in the fields in the past 20 years? ted