Andy
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The principle behind executive CLEMENCY. These illegals are DE FACTO citizens. Making their 'citizenship' legal would only benefit the state.
Ah, so your view is that we should just give everyone that breaks laws clemency? Or just this law? Why only this law? If just this law, should we just remove the law? Or just pronounce an open boarder and everyone who makes it to the line gets free citizenship? On what basis do you suggest they should get clemency? Why specifically these criminals verses any other criminals? If economic benefit is the answer, do you suggest no other crime has similar indirect economic benefits?
The prices of goods and services will follow supply and demand -- as ALWAYS.
Ah, another interjection of a completely non-relevant topic. This a Numism. We should put this in the Urban dictionary.
Minimum wage is not something you pull out of a hat, although your lack inclines you to think that way. It is set according to economic realities. And the economic reality is -- people are already in the country doing this or that job for something less than minimum wage.
So, simply mandate a lesser minimum wage. Duh?
Well, normally I would just point out your ignorance, but possibly others do not understand the concept either, so I'll explain.
Let us say that I do a 40 hour week job, at $10/hr. That is $400 for a one week check. Now, $400 is how much I see, but that is not how much the employer pays. This is because there are laws that require the employer to pay on his side of the pay check, that I do not see.
For example, Social Security requires the employer pay in $1 for $1, into Social Security. So at $400, I'm paying in $25, and so is the employer. That means I'm actually earning $425, I just do not see the extra $25. Now there are other expenses, like workers comp, but for simplicity, let's just leave it at $425 a week, just including Social Security.
So I'm paid $425... but do I get $425? No of course not. I don't get the $25 sucked away by SS on the employer side, and I lose $25 on my side, plus $15 for Federal tax, $6 for Medicare, $8 for state tax, and $8 for City tax. So I end up with only $338, and that's what matters right? Bill collectors don't care much that, you really earned $62 or $87 more. Only what money you take home makes any difference.
So the company is paying out $425.
I'm actually earning $338 in take home pay.
Enter the Illegal. Now the company isn't going to pay an Illegal nearly as much money. Can't pay too little or they won't work. So let's pay him oh... $8.75/hr. That comes out to $350 dollars a week. However, unlike the Americans pay, that is all take home pay.
So... the Illegal is happy because he is taking home $12 more dollars a week, $652 more dollars a year, than an American earning $1.25 more an hour than him.
The company is happy because they are paying $75 dollars less a week, $3900 less a year than an American, while having a happy employee.
This is the economic value of cheap illegal labor. You can pay them less, while they earn more. This allows the company to grow. This can be repeated under any income level. At $7.25, you can pay an Illegal $6.25, and they will earn more than a minimum wage American, while at the same time saving the company money.
Of course, as stated before, this point is neutral to the discussion because, once legal, this benefit would disappear.
The solution is to remove the laws and regulations that cause this from happening, but of course no one will buy that.
Perhaps you wish to get your education from a 'citizen', then? Such prejudice suits you.
Oh this is far from prejudice. When I first read your posts, you 'seemed' intelligent. That was my prejudice on you. Now, you have proven to be completely ignorant and bigoted. A know-nothing with a little knowledge, so very little knowledge... the most dangerous type of stupidity. I would go so far as to say Shaman, even though he is a complete political hack that only sees one side, his side, of every issue... at LEAST... he has some evidence supporting what little he says. You never do for anything you say.