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	<title>Rattrap's Rants &#187; Immigration</title>
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		<title>Immigration reform?  How about ENFORCING EXISTING LAWS!?</title>
		<link>http://www.rattrapsrants.com/2007/05/17/immigration-reform-how-about-enforcing-existing-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 14:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How is it that it is suddenly OUR problem that Mexico is so corrupt and pathetic that it exports it&#8217;s economic and social problems by way of invasion. How weak kneed are our &#8220;leaders&#8221; that they can&#8217;t recognize an invasion? How are the citizens of the US so duped by the politicians, who could care [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How is it that it is suddenly <strong>OUR </strong>problem that Mexico is so corrupt and pathetic that it exports it&#8217;s economic and social problems by way of <span style="font-weight: bold">invasion</span>.  How weak kneed are our &#8220;leaders&#8221; that they can&#8217;t recognize an invasion? How are the citizens of the US so duped by the politicians, who could care less for us, into thinking that new laws and &#8220;reforms&#8221; are needed?  There are laws on the books from the first amnesty disaster, which caused the current problem, that go unenforced.  Were they enforced there would be no problem, or it would be small enough that it could be easily handled.  We don&#8217;t need these &#8220;new&#8221; laws, we need to force the government to enforce the laws that <strong>THEY </strong>passed!  Do that and the desire fades to trespass.</p>
<p>We passed a law the authorizes and funds 800 miles of fence, 2 miles have been built.  <span style="font-weight: bold"><br />
OBEY THE LAW!, </span><span style="font-weight: bold">BUILD THE FENCE!</span></p>
<p>Eliminate the minimum wage (<a href="http://www.rattrapsrants.com/2007/04/11/solve-three-problems-at-once/">see here</a>) and the economic reason to draw them here dies on the vine.</p>
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		<title>Solve three problems at once</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illegal immigration is driving down wages because companies have become dependent on them which causes domestic unemployment to be artificially high. Here are the three problems: 1. Illegal immigration violates our nations sovereignty 2. U.S. Companies are dependent on the cheap labor that they provide. 3. The minimum wage is causing unemployment for U.S. Citizens. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Illegal immigration is driving down wages because companies have become dependent on them which causes domestic unemployment to be artificially high.  Here are the three problems:</p>
<p>1. Illegal immigration violates our nations sovereignty<br />
2. U.S. Companies are dependent on the cheap labor that they provide.<br />
3. The minimum wage is causing unemployment for U.S. Citizens.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the solution: Eliminate the minimum wage!</p>
<p><span id="more-4"></span>Aside from the fact that the minimum wage is unconstitutional by way of interfering in the freedom of contract between employee and employer, it has  the effect of keeping an entire segment of the domestic population under the entitlement system sapping it of the strength realized by personal accomplishment.</p>
<p>Because the minimum wage sets an artificial floor on the minimum value of an hours worth of work regardless of the type companies are forced into a choice.  Pay fewer workers, get less done, make less profits, and essentially endure a slow death.  Or they could get cheap labor in the form of illegal immigrants which aren&#8217;t on the payroll, therefore the companies don&#8217;t have to pay income, social security, or medicare tax (an immediate savings to the company).  These workers also get paid less so the company can hire more for the same effective cost.  This raises productivity and increases profits at the same time.  The risk of getting fined for illegally employing these criminal foreign nationals is low because the government is not willing to enforce the laws it passes.</p>
<p>Eliminating the minimum wage allows freedom of contract for both the employer and employee.  It also frees the company from the potential, how ever low, of getting fined and losing its workforce.  Finally it allows the current pool of under-educated/low-skilled labor to compete for jobs at the same rate as the aforementioned foreign nationals.  This will have the affect of lifting those individuals out of the current poverty that they are in, and positively affect society as a whole.</p>
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