The 'Dirty Little Secret' on Illegal Workers

MattyMattyChooChoo · 05-19-2007, 04:50 PM

And which unemployment rate would that be, the national unemployment rate? Would you rather have the unemployment rate of any other country?

piemaker720 · 05-19-2007, 05:01 PM

I would rather there were no unemployment rate at all. If there were enough jobs then we would have nothing to worry about.

piemaker720 · 05-19-2007, 05:17 PM

Oh yeah, after thinking about it you ask if I wanted the unemployment rate for other countries the answer is NO. I do not live in another country, I live here in the United States. Do I think it is fair for people to enter illegaly and against the law, NO. If someone wants to work here do it legally, there are ways. I do not go to other countries to take jobs there. We are in a war with Iraq and our soldiers are still dying. Their people are not trying to stop the violence. So if you diagree I'm sorry but that is the way I feel.

LateNight · 05-19-2007, 08:43 PM

I believe the unemployment rate for Shreveport was around 4.0 as of march 2007

I don't know how MANY people 75% of contstruction labor that is illegal aliens equals to..

But if they are illegal aliens.. I take it that means they aren't paying social security taxes ? or federal or state taxes from what they get paid ?

But considering the amount of construction that is currently going on in shreveport and bossier, I'd suspect that's quite a few people.

I love how everyone in that article passes the buck.. the Construction passed the buck to the "contractor" who they say is "legal" the contractor passes it on to somebody else, who they say is "legal" but that they don't know who hires who.. ??

piemaker720 · 05-19-2007, 09:05 PM

so true, so true.

joepole · 05-19-2007, 11:04 PM

>I would rather there were no unemployment rate at all. If there were enough jobs then we would have nothing to worry about.

Even if there are enough jobs and enough employees unemployment will never be 0% because 1) some people are unemployable and 2) job turnover

Super-low unemployment is just a much an indicator of an unhealthy economy as super-high unemployment is.

Isabella · 05-19-2007, 11:12 PM

Builders have told me they cannot find people to work. Mexicans want to work, so they hire them.

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Isabella Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 487 Rep Power: 238	Builders have told me they cannot find people to work. Mexicans want to work, so they hire them. __________________ Where there is a will there is a way!

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MattyMattyChooChoo Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Shreveport Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	And which unemployment rate would that be, the national unemployment rate? Would you rather have the unemployment rate of any other country?

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piemaker720 SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,584 Rep Power: 251	I would rather there were no unemployment rate at all. If there were enough jobs then we would have nothing to worry about.

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piemaker720 SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,584 Rep Power: 251	Oh yeah, after thinking about it you ask if I wanted the unemployment rate for other countries the answer is NO. I do not live in another country, I live here in the United States. Do I think it is fair for people to enter illegaly and against the law, NO. If someone wants to work here do it legally, there are ways. I do not go to other countries to take jobs there. We are in a war with Iraq and our soldiers are still dying. Their people are not trying to stop the violence. So if you diagree I'm sorry but that is the way I feel.

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LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 269	I believe the unemployment rate for Shreveport was around 4.0 as of march 2007 I don't know how MANY people 75% of contstruction labor that is illegal aliens equals to.. But if they are illegal aliens.. I take it that means they aren't paying social security taxes ? or federal or state taxes from what they get paid ? But considering the amount of construction that is currently going on in shreveport and bossier, I'd suspect that's quite a few people. I love how everyone in that article passes the buck.. the Construction passed the buck to the "contractor" who they say is "legal" the contractor passes it on to somebody else, who they say is "legal" but that they don't know who hires who.. ??

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piemaker720 SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,584 Rep Power: 251	so true, so true.

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joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 260	>I would rather there were no unemployment rate at all. If there were enough jobs then we would have nothing to worry about. Even if there are enough jobs and enough employees unemployment will never be 0% because 1) some people are unemployable and 2) job turnover Super-low unemployment is just a much an indicator of an unhealthy economy as super-high unemployment is.

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