I'm no economist, bu i wouldn't hold your breath on seeing minimum wage go
away. Quite honestly, as far as I know it shouldn't go away. The goal
shouldn't be to do away with it so that companies can hire Americans for as
cheap as they can get illegal labor, but to legalize all of the labor to the
extent that it all falls under minimum wage law. That way there'd be no
benefit to hiring an illegal labourer as opposed to a legal one (they'd cost
the same). Without minimum wage, what would protect the workforce -
especially unskilled and manual labour? Of course, this would most likely
result in even more work being outsourced to countries like India... any
work that can be, anyway.
~Simon
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-----Original Message-----
From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 January 2004 13:36
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: More Breaking News
>We have 10.5 million illegal workers in the United States right now,"
said
US Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue.
>"If they went home, we'd have to shut down the country."
Hehe, or we'd just have to learn how to cut our own lawn again. :)
Immigration is probably where I am furthest from libertarian. At this
point
I am almost isolationist. I would much rather see work-fare programs
that
get people off the rolls of welfare and into low and no skill jobs.
Really
if we could do away with the minimum wage and make it so that these
companies that hire illegals because they can't afford Americans, can
again,
it would be good for us all.
Also isn't this going to encourage MORE illegal immigration, as people
will
see the "success stories" of people who got legal recognition. Plus the
way
many state governments are set up, don't immigrants, even non-citizens,
then
become eligible for social programs, like welfare and medical benefits?
Yeah I can't see how any of this is a good idea.
--
Timothy Heald
Web Portfolio Manager
Overseas Security Advisory Council
U.S. Department of State
571.345.2319
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-----Original Message-----
From: Erika L Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:27 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: More Breaking News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3375327.stm
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3375327.stm>
Cheers,
Erika
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