Illegal Immigrants Good for the Economy? Total bunk!
Bunk I say, yes! First of all, as with all of my hot topic blogs, here comes the disclaimer... No, I am not a racist, nor am I anti; immigrant, Mexican, Hispanic, Latino blah blah blah. What I am is Pro American and for protecting the rights of Americans who are here legally, reaping the benefits that our ancestors have worked for, working for new benefits, recycling our money in our own economy for the good of our people. Yes, I am a humanitarian, a community organizer and I am not ignorant of the hardships that these people unfortunately face in their own countries. I am also not blind to the hardships that we face in OURS!
With that said... so begins the rant. I was listening to a famously liberal talk radio show last night on my way home from the symphony (let me add, my husband pays or our symphony addiction with the money that he earns fighting for our county in the Middle East... GO BLUE!). Yes, I am famously liberal, but of course I don't ALWAYS agree with my leftist brethren and sistern. I'm more of a middle of the roader - not to polar. Back to the talk show...
It was a show supporting the rights of illegal immigrants. I believe that they have human rights in this country. The show talked of them having rights to remain in this country illegally. I do not support this view. Then, the show talked of the hardworking husbands and wives who are raising their children that are born here (therefore, citizens) and that everything that they are working for may be taken away, let's say their American Dream is fading, because they are being harassed, prosecuted and deported by the American government. Victims, really. But why are we victimizing them when they are good for the economy, after all, they pay taxes and pay into a security system that they will never get legal benefits through. After all, they pay to be citizens, can't we forgive them and give them asylum? I say emphatically NO! NO, NO NO! Let me explain why... these people are criminals, and there is very little protection and recourse for their victims, the American Citizen.
Like the hardworking parents mentioned above, my brother in law is a hardworking Dad. He works in the hot AZ sun all day long for the phone company. He too, pays taxes, pays his children's private school tuition with his blue collar money, bought a house and vehicles in Scottsdale with my sister, carved out his piece of the American Pie. Their house just got an IRS levy, why do you ask? Because of the illegals and their criminal activity.
Illegals buy papers when they come here; social security cards, birth certificates. They have income tax and SSN withheld from pay checks - under a legal citizens numbers. This happened to Bobby - legal name, Roberto - huge target! The income earned illegally was added to Bobby's wages earned for the past 7 years - boosting him into a tax bracket much higher than he should be in, higher than he can afford. The IRS wants money and is coming after him - but the real him, not the illegal him. The illegal was working at the Hilton in Vegas, was arrested and let go. He sold the identity again. This time, credit cards were rec'd by the new illegal - instant cards to Home Depot, Macy's, Best Buy, furniture rental places, bad credit car dealers. The new illegal went on a $100,000 shopping spree with my BIL's SSN, now those creditors want their money... but illegal Bobby is untraceable - they want it from Real Bobby.
To add insult to injury, all of this happened after Bobby reported his wallet stolen and had fraudulent activity alerts put on all of his credit reports. Cases have been filed with the FTC, attorneys have been consulted and the answer is always, "Sorry, there is not much more you can do" or in the case of the IRS, "We do not have a problem with the illegal, he is paying taxes, we need the money from you now that your in a higher income bracket". What a nightmare.
So, bil is about to file bankruptcy. He is almost in financial ruin because of the illegals. Now, did you know that if you are an illegal stealing an identity - you can hire a criminal defense attorney? Google it, there are hundreds online willing to get you off for your criminal activity. The challenge, find an attorney who is willing to protect the American whose identity has been stolen. If you find one, let me know, because we can't. This battle has been raging for 7 years, the identity has been bought and sold time and time again, he can't stop it. Even Social Security concedes that once a number has been stolen you can't protect it, you can't stop it from being used. You can't stop an illegal from getting a job and working with your identity - and when they do, and have taxes withheld, the IRS will come after you, regardless of police reports and proof - they want their money.
To tie this to the economy, is the bad debt good for the economy? Ask that to WaMu, or any of the other banks who have recently failed. The bad debt from the illegals only compounds America's issues.
So, do you still want to protect that hard working illegal? If so, what's your social security number, I know an illegal looking for one;) Maybe if they use yours instead of Bobby's, he'll finally get some relief.
With that said... so begins the rant. I was listening to a famously liberal talk radio show last night on my way home from the symphony (let me add, my husband pays or our symphony addiction with the money that he earns fighting for our county in the Middle East... GO BLUE!). Yes, I am famously liberal, but of course I don't ALWAYS agree with my leftist brethren and sistern. I'm more of a middle of the roader - not to polar. Back to the talk show...
It was a show supporting the rights of illegal immigrants. I believe that they have human rights in this country. The show talked of them having rights to remain in this country illegally. I do not support this view. Then, the show talked of the hardworking husbands and wives who are raising their children that are born here (therefore, citizens) and that everything that they are working for may be taken away, let's say their American Dream is fading, because they are being harassed, prosecuted and deported by the American government. Victims, really. But why are we victimizing them when they are good for the economy, after all, they pay taxes and pay into a security system that they will never get legal benefits through. After all, they pay to be citizens, can't we forgive them and give them asylum? I say emphatically NO! NO, NO NO! Let me explain why... these people are criminals, and there is very little protection and recourse for their victims, the American Citizen.
Like the hardworking parents mentioned above, my brother in law is a hardworking Dad. He works in the hot AZ sun all day long for the phone company. He too, pays taxes, pays his children's private school tuition with his blue collar money, bought a house and vehicles in Scottsdale with my sister, carved out his piece of the American Pie. Their house just got an IRS levy, why do you ask? Because of the illegals and their criminal activity.
Illegals buy papers when they come here; social security cards, birth certificates. They have income tax and SSN withheld from pay checks - under a legal citizens numbers. This happened to Bobby - legal name, Roberto - huge target! The income earned illegally was added to Bobby's wages earned for the past 7 years - boosting him into a tax bracket much higher than he should be in, higher than he can afford. The IRS wants money and is coming after him - but the real him, not the illegal him. The illegal was working at the Hilton in Vegas, was arrested and let go. He sold the identity again. This time, credit cards were rec'd by the new illegal - instant cards to Home Depot, Macy's, Best Buy, furniture rental places, bad credit car dealers. The new illegal went on a $100,000 shopping spree with my BIL's SSN, now those creditors want their money... but illegal Bobby is untraceable - they want it from Real Bobby.
To add insult to injury, all of this happened after Bobby reported his wallet stolen and had fraudulent activity alerts put on all of his credit reports. Cases have been filed with the FTC, attorneys have been consulted and the answer is always, "Sorry, there is not much more you can do" or in the case of the IRS, "We do not have a problem with the illegal, he is paying taxes, we need the money from you now that your in a higher income bracket". What a nightmare.
So, bil is about to file bankruptcy. He is almost in financial ruin because of the illegals. Now, did you know that if you are an illegal stealing an identity - you can hire a criminal defense attorney? Google it, there are hundreds online willing to get you off for your criminal activity. The challenge, find an attorney who is willing to protect the American whose identity has been stolen. If you find one, let me know, because we can't. This battle has been raging for 7 years, the identity has been bought and sold time and time again, he can't stop it. Even Social Security concedes that once a number has been stolen you can't protect it, you can't stop it from being used. You can't stop an illegal from getting a job and working with your identity - and when they do, and have taxes withheld, the IRS will come after you, regardless of police reports and proof - they want their money.
To tie this to the economy, is the bad debt good for the economy? Ask that to WaMu, or any of the other banks who have recently failed. The bad debt from the illegals only compounds America's issues.
So, do you still want to protect that hard working illegal? If so, what's your social security number, I know an illegal looking for one;) Maybe if they use yours instead of Bobby's, he'll finally get some relief.
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