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To: kumar who wrote (974)	5/25/2007 4:56:11 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4152

Hello where have you been. This is the entire reason that there is such a cry for the immigrants to be granted some status rather than to have them defined as illegals and sent back to Mexico. My sister's sons employ 400 immigrants.. Their business is flourishing because of the low cost of labor... It's a double edged sword. Why give up a gravy train. Nice that you gave them a decent wage for the day.

To: kumar who wrote (974)	5/25/2007 7:05:39 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4152

<<Anyway, they were doing a great job, and at some stage I asked them how much they got paid by their company. The answer was $10/hour. Now I paid the company $35/hour/person. No wonder employers will not give up this gravy train.>> We have smart Mexicans do some of our yard work. They're a little less than other companies but they work for themselves.

To: kumar who wrote (974)	5/25/2007 7:15:18 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4152

Anyway, they were doing a great job, and at some stage I asked them how much they got paid by their company. The answer was $10/hour. Now I paid the company $35/hour/person. When I was in Cozumel over the winter, I stayed at the Cozumel Palace, a swanky all-inclusive that cost me $2300/week (it was my first "real" vacation since coming back from Iraq, so I did it up right.. ;) Anyway, there was an attendant who came to clean my room and we started to chat in Spanish (I needed the practice).. Well, I asked him how much he makes per hour working there and he told me $5 PER DAY. Turned out, when I asked the bartender the same thing, he was being paid $10 PER DAY.. So here are these folks working at a VERY NICE hotel in a plush Mexican resort town being paid SQUAT for the hard work they were doing. Ok.. so I ask myself, is this the case with just low-skilled hotel labor, or is it more wide-spread? Well, I happened to be down at the Cozumel Hard Rock Cafe', because I was just simply craving a good American style burger. The burger was about $9 and the two monster Margaritas I washed it down with were $8 each. And I got to chatting with one of the cute waitresses about what she was paid per hour and she responded $4 PER DAY (not counting tips). So I mentioned that I had just paid nearly $30 for lunch and that was nearly 8x what her daily wage!!! I have to admit that I felt VERY embarrassed at that point, and she did receive a very nice tip from me. So think about it.. $10/hour for these Mexican laborers is a FORTUNE to them. And if they can find a relatively inexpensive place to live, with multiple residents sharing the rent/mortgage, every $5 they send back home equates to a day's wages there. Hawk