Tom Disque wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:08:20 GMT, USENET READER
wrote:


No - my family immigrated to this country legally - half through Ellis
Island and the other half through other legal ports.

And actually - I know a shitload more about politics in general and this
issue in particular than you probably do. So you can take your advice
to watch and learn and stick it!

Of course I blame the contractors who hire the illegals. I also blame
all the other managers and owners of other business who hire illegals
for less money than they pay citizens and legal immigrants. And I blame
the politicans who get bribed to look the other way when they take money

from these businesses and also from right-wing foundations to study

market-based solutions to public policy issues.


Do you also blame the customer who looks for the lowest price?

It depends on circumstances - who they are and what they are buying?
Lower prices do not always save someone money in the long run. Al
things are not equal. If you buy a lower price good that is a piece of
crap that falls apart and you have to go back and buy another, then you
haven't saved money have you? Had you purchased the higher-priced
quality good, you would still be using it now. You wouldn't have had to
make two trips to the store, burned the gas, etc - to buy the item twice.

When you buy crap at Wal Mart, you end up putting more money into the
pockets of a large corporation that gets tax breaks that aren't given to
smaller businesses that probably take better care of their employees.
Even the Wal Mart distribution center in Henderson gets tax breaks that
were never given to Roses and Roses was home based in Henderson. The
lower prices you pay at Wal Mart and other big box stores comes at the
price of you having to pay higher and higher taxes to make up for what
Wal Mart doesn't pay in taxes as well as the lack of benefits that
causes Wal Mart employees to go to hospital emergency rooms that you end
up having to pay for.

Then there is the issue of your spending the money on the cheaper made
item - even if the quality is the same as a more expensive good. Your
purchases of those goods will eventually lead to more Americans losing
their jobs, and you having to pay higher taxes to make up for what they
don't pay because they aren't working, or are underemployed.

Sometimes paying more for a product from a Mom and Pop store is cheaper
in the long run than paying a lower price with respect to what you have
to make up for in higher taxes.