tomatoes and cheap labor

I had a friend send this to me - interesting. I am not sure if has been posted yet, sorry if it has. Still a good read.




Tomatoes and Cheap Labor

CHEAP TOMATOES?
This should make everyone think, be you
Democrat, Republican or Independent

From a California school teacher - - -


"As you listen to the news about the student
protests over illegal immigration, there are some
things that you should be aware of:

I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large
southern California high school which is designated
a Title 1 school, meaning that its students
average lower socioeconomic and income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South
Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, etc.,
where these students are protesting, are also
Title 1 schools.

Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and
free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm
not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full
breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices
that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this
food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being
dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT
WORK)

I estimate that well over 50% of these students
are obese or at least moderately overweight. About
75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also
provides day care centers for the unwed teenage
pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can
attend class without the inconvenience of having
to arrange for babysitters or having family watch
their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department
or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even
though there was little need for anything; my budget
was already substantial.. I ended up buying new
computers for the computer learning center, half
of which, one month later, have been carved with
graffiti by the appreciative students who
obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education
in America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I have had to intervene several times for young
and substitute teachers whose classes consist of
many illegal immigrant students here in the
country less than 3 months who raised so much hell with
the female teachers, calling them "Putas" fatladys and
throwing things that the teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, day
care etc., etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel
entitled to not only be in this country but to
demand rights, privileges and entitlements?

To those who want to point out how much these
illegal immigrants contribute to our society because
they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they
like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in
the real world of illegal immigration and see the
TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, medical facilities closing,
higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards
of education in our schools, overcrowding, new
diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for
tomatoes.

We need to wake up. The guest worker program
will be a disaster because we won't have the guts
to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind
really think they will voluntarily leave and return?

There are many hardworking Hispanic/American
citizens that contribute to our country and many
that I consider my true friends. We should encourage
and accept those Hispanics who have done it the
right and legal way.

It does, however, have everything to do with
culture: A third-world culture that does not value
education, that accepts children getting pregnant
and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses
to assimilate, and an American culture that has
become so weak and worried about "politically
correctness" that we don't have the will to do anything about
it.

If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine,
forward this to everyone you know.

CHEAP LABOR?
Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?

Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.

Consumers don't want expensive produce.

Government will tell you Americans don't want
the jobs.

But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase
"cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie. there
is no such thing as "cheap labor."

Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife
and five children. He takes a job for $5.00 or
$6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he
pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if
he files an Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned
income credit" of up to $3,200 free.

He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.

He qualifies for food stamps.

He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.

His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.

He requires bilingual teachers and books.

He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.

If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled,
they qualify for SSI. Once qualified for SSI they
can qualify for Medicare. All of this is at (our)
taxpayer's expense.

He doesn't worry about car insurance, life
insurance, or homeowners insurance.

Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs,
bulletins and printed material.

He and his family receive the equivalent of
$20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits.
Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or
$6.00/hour left after paying their bills and his.

The American taxpayers also pay for increased
crime, graffiti and trash clean-up.

Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people. THESE
ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR EITHER PARTY. 'AND
WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD
REPLACE THEM AT ONCE!'