Tuition: what's wrong with this picture

[Mr. Sandman]

My plan is simple:

We need more doctors and math/science/engineering folks to fix this national funk we are in.

Allow college tuition for those that enroll in those fields to be fully tax deductible regardless of income level.


"Undocumented Americans" LOL! If they are undocumented how come we know exactly how many there are?!!
This is a simple problem and should not cost anyone anything. Simply enforce the laws we have now on employers hiring these guys plus...take away education and health care benie's. Further if you want them out faster, simply offer a reward of 50% of their unpaid taxes (that will come out of what the employer should have withheld and paid)...these guys will be flushed out in a week.

[striperman36]

I work in an office on Annandale, VA, all along the road outside the building illegals with different skills, painter, plasterer, carpenter, landscaper congregate and people just stop and give them day work
Must be several hundred in this 3 mi stretch alone. I am sure they all have families or relatives in the area.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by striperman36

I work in an office on Annandale, VA, all along the road outside the building illegals with different skills, painter, plasterer, carpenter, landscaper congregate and people just stop and give them day work
Must be several hundred in this 3 mi stretch alone. I am sure they all have families or relatives in the area.

This happens in lots of areas throughout the country. In California,you can find them hanging out on the corner near Home Depots waiting for day work. Paid cash and no paper trail.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by striperman36

I work in an office on Annandale, VA, all along the road outside the building illegals with different skills, painter, plasterer, carpenter, landscaper congregate and people just stop and give them day work
Must be several hundred in this 3 mi stretch alone. I am sure they all have families or relatives in the area.

They probably do. They come here for work, know that working one day in America will make them more money than a full week of working in Mexico.

If people completely stopped employing them, they'd have no choice but to go back. They'd tell their family and friends and those people would stop coming here too.

The law is the law. They are here illegally and should get a swift kick in the ass on their way home. Legal exceptions are already made for politicians and celebrities - now we're going to make them for the illegal dregs of society?

The US-Mexico border should be fortified similar to the North/South Korean border. Landmines and open "shoot to kill" orders for anyone found in a restricted zone. Do it in the name of national security.

[scottw]

mean spirited bastards...if we drag these poor undocumented Americans out of the shadows and separate them from their family members and send them back to the hell that is their legal residence our economy will surely collapse....again....I mean more....and then who will clean your toilets, rake your leaves, wash your dishes and clothes ??? hmmmm...they pay taxes too ya know sales tax!

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by scottw

mean spirited bastards...if we drag these poor undocumented Americans out of the shadows and separate them from their family members and send them back to the hell that is their legal residence our economy will surely collapse....again....I mean more....and then who will clean your toilets, rake your leaves, wash your dishes and clothes ??? hmmmm...they pay taxes too ya know sales tax!

Yeah, for 50 bucks, 6 guys completely raked, vacc'ed and took away all my fall cleanup stuff

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Yeah, for 50 bucks, 6 guys completely raked, vacc'ed and took away all my fall cleanup stuff

I can think of a couple landscaping companies in town that sometimes offer services that cheap.

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by scottw

.... separate them from their family members and send them back to the hell that is their legal residence ...

We are not separating anyone from their family members, we are sending them all back to join their family in whatever country they came from...

[Joe]

Originally Posted by scottw

mean spirited bastards...if we drag these poor undocumented Americans out of the shadows and separate them from their family members and send them back to the hell that is their legal residence our economy will surely collapse....again....I mean more....and then who will clean your toilets, rake your leaves, wash your dishes and clothes ??? hmmmm...they pay taxes too ya know sales tax!

The economy won't collapse, but we'll have to wait a helluva long time for our meals to come out at Chili's, TGI Fridays and Texas Roadhouse.

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by Joe

The economy won't collapse, but we'll have to wait a helluva long time for our meals to come out at Chili's, TGI Fridays and Texas Roadhouse.

The CrabTrap in Somers Point NJ, has a deal that they bring in Romanian help and put them up. Nothin like a young Romanian accent to spice up your meal.

Used to happen on the Vineyard and in the Catskills all the time.

Let them come, but let them come legally.

[Joe]

Originally Posted by striperman36

The CrabTrap in Somers Point NJ, has a deal that they bring in Romanian help and put them up. Nothin like a young Romanian accent to spice up your meal.

Used to happen on the Vineyard and in the Catskills all the time.

Let them come, but let them come legally.

Don't give your credit card to a Eastern European waitresses. They copy your credit card numbers and email them back the same night, by the next morning you've got a bunch of unauthorized charges. Found that out the last time I went to eat on Block Island.