timschochet
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Incidentally @Ditkaless Wonders I’ve long missed your posts in this forum. Welcome back and I hope you stick around. You make this a better place.
Just to be clear in communication DW did not author that post. I did. I am his brother. I sometimes read him this site to work on his memory recovery. I paraphrased his comment and posted it here using his account. He would be angry if he knew. Also probably a terms of use violation for all I know.Actually your post goes to the original point of my thread. I hold that staying in this country without papers is not a serious crime. It IS, however, a crime. But as you correctly point out, most of us break some sort of law several times a year. You may not hire undocumented people (that you’re aware of,) but you probably drive over the speed limit and do hundreds of things that are technically against some law or too. Should I therefore refer to you, and myself, and everyone reading this as “illegal”?
Now I’m sure someone will respond that the term specifically refers to immigration. But I would counter, ask a Native American. He or she might respond, with great legitimacy, that we are ALL illegal immigrants.
No problem. Please tell your brother I miss him and his posts and invite him to come back to the forum. Thank you.Just to be clear in communication DW did not author that post. I did. I am his brother. I sometimes read him this site to work on his memory recovery. I paraphrased his comment and posted it here using his account. He would be angry if he knew. Also probably a terms of use violation for all I know.
So any rate, yes I have broken every law of Gods and men, frequently and zestfully at times. My brother, well admissions against interests are not something I would make on his behalf in a public forum. I will bow out now.
Im good with it. But it doesnt help fund the govt.I’m still confused about something: about twice a year I drive up to a Home Depot, approach some day laborers and say “I’ve got a shopping center a mile from here. Somebody dumped an old couch in the alley. I want you to follow me in your truck and remove the couch.” Guy says “$100.” I say OK; or I might say “that’s too much; I’ll give you $75.”
What exactly is immoral or unethical about this transaction? Some people here seem to think it makes me a bad person, or a hypocrite, or both. I’m not seeing that; what am I’m missing?
You think that stops them? The penalty for illegal voting, just like the penalty for being an illegal alien, is a slap on the wrist. And we know that illegals do vote, just a question of how many.sho nuff said:They would still be ineligible to vote...just like now.
Seriously. If it wasn’t so sad, it would be comical.Ramblin Wreck said:Negotiating with poor minorities who just want to feed their families to do work you're not capable of doing yourself. Way to lookout for those folks. But do not call them ILLEGAL
REAL American citizens are willing to do the work if you paid them accordingly.DocHolliday said:So, we shouldn’t use the term Illegal Immigrants for people that enter the country illegally. It is ok, however, to take advantage of their desperation to eat and take care of their families by hiring them for as little money as possible and without paying into health insurance, work comp, or unemployment.
At least we now know why Tim feels bad for the illegals. He is using them and profiting nicely. To make yourself feel better Tim, you should take a bunch of illegals into your home.
Come on. It’s one couch, once a year.And, of course, if they get hurt there's no Workers Comp for them either. Just dump them off and find the next suckers. Win-win!
Of course, REAL American citizens are willing to do the work if you paid them accordingly.
We know it’s statistically insignificant or there would be some sort of finding about it by now. We know tue right has made baseless claims about it in the past.You think that stops them? The penalty for illegal voting, just like the penalty for being an illegal alien, is a slap on the wrist. And we know that illegals do vote, just a question of how many.
No, that’s not true. There have been studies done on this. The number of illegals who vote has been found to be 10-15%. I would link them but, well, we know how that story ends with you. So I’ll let you go foraging for yourself. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something new along the way.We know it’s statistically insignificant or there would be some sort of finding about it by now. We know tue right has made baseless claims about it in the past.
We know it’s statistically insignificant or there would be some sort of finding about it by now. We know tue right has made baseless claims about it in the past.
I thought the r word became bad form because it became a negative thing to say about things people didnt like.timschochet said:When I was a kid most people used the phrase “mentally ######” to describe mental challenged individuals. Most people had no bad intentions by using the term. Still, we don’t use it anymore. I’d like to reach a point when we don’t use “illegal” as a noun. But I’m not condemning anyone who does it now because we’re not at that point or close to it.
I have no interest in Tim’s forum Harakiri but your brother is a wonderful man and we miss him greatly. Please pass along well wishes from the community and know that your family is in our thoughts and prayers.Ditkaless Wonders said:Just to be clear in communication DW did not author that post. I did. I am his brother. I sometimes read him this site to work on his memory recovery. I paraphrased his comment and posted it here using his account. He would be angry if he knew. Also probably a terms of use violation for all I know.
So any rate, yes I have broken every law of Gods and men, frequently and zestfully at times. My brother, well admissions against interests are not something I would make on his behalf in a public forum. I will bow out now.
Damn man I have no interest in it either!I have no interest in Tim’s forum Harakiri
Is this a cause of concern for you?My mom was born in 1930. The hispanic population in the US was 1 million. She is about to turn 91 and the Hispanic population in the US is now 61 million, and that’s being conservative. I’m not against immigration, but my goodness that is a massive demographic shift in one person’s lifetime.
Ive foraged...nothing credible claiming what you are saying...every fraud stufy has come up with the same findings...statistically insignificant. Or Trumps own fraud commission that dissolved without reporting because they found nothing.No, that’s not true. There have been studies done on this. The number of illegals who vote has been found to be 10-15%. I would link them but, well, we know how that story ends with you. So I’ll let you go foraging for yourself. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something new along the way.
We make fun of folks for starting threads and it not going as planned - this is one of them.Damn man I have no interest in it either!
This thread has gone pretty much exactly as planned.We make fun of folks for starting threads and it not going as planned - this is one of them.
To be fair, Tim, it's hard to take you seriously when you do this and then turn around and hire them for cheap labor so you don't have to pay real American citizens a livable wage.This thread has gone pretty much exactly as planned.
I’ve been thinking more about this- as I wrote I’ve never even considered it. But in truth I usually pay way over.Just make sure you pay them at least minimum wage, Tim. There may be legal technicalities with the rest of it, but it’s not morally repugnant or anything.
Hey Blade if you want to stand outside the Home Depot I’ll hire you instead. I don’t care who I hire so long as the work gets done.To be fair, Tim, it's hard to take you seriously when you do this and then turn around and hire them for cheap labor so you don't have to pay real American citizens a livable wage.
Nice story change since this morning.I’ve been thinking more about this- as I wrote I’ve never even considered it. But in truth I usually pay way over.
Minimum wage in California is $13 an hour. I never hire more than two guys, the work is never more than 30 minutes, and I never pay less than $100 (even when I negotiate the original price down, I always end up tipping them so it comes to $100 even.)
Which means that, even if you’re rounding it up to an hour’s work, I’m paying them $50 an hour.
It must be great going about life just saying stuff without actually knowing what it is you’re going on about.
Jesus Harold Christ.
You can't afford me.Hey Blade if you want to stand outside the Home Depot I’ll hire you instead. I don’t care who I hire so long as the work gets done.
I’ve been thinking more about this- as I wrote I’ve never even considered it. But in truth I usually pay way over.
Minimum wage in California is $13 an hour. I never hire more than two guys, the work is never more than 30 minutes, and I never pay less than $100 (even when I negotiate the original price down, I always end up tipping them so it comes to $100 even.)
Which means that, even if you’re rounding it up to an hour’s work, I’m paying them $50 an hour.
You are also free to bring something to show illegals voting is a statistically significant issue.
I’m a white Christian male of European descent. My concerns don’t matter to you.Is this a cause of concern for you?
The part that you fail to acknowledge or seem to gloss over is, it isn’t a one and done crime. They are committing crime the entire duration of their stay here.Someone who comes here illegally has committed a crime (albeit a minor one.) That doesn’t make them an illegal person.
If you’ve read this thread then you’ve read @McBokonon’s post. He works with undocumented immigrants and he says that they feel dehumanized because they are called “illegals”. Why do you doubt this?The part that you fail to acknowledge or seem to gloss over is, it isn’t a one and done crime. They are committing crime the entire duration of their stay here.
your argument of dehumanizing them makes no sense. We give groups of people names in nearly every capacity. It doesn’t dehumanize them. It puts them into a group.
And this is simply not true: in fact, it’s the opposite of true. Every study that has been done on this subject strongly suggests that the vast majority of undocumented immigrants are in fact more law abiding than your average citizen.They are committing crime the entire duration of their stay here.
Who is talking about additional crimes? The fact that they are here means they are committing a crime. It doesn’t matter how you try to bend it or sugarcoat it or how much of a benefit you think they are to society. Their entire existence here is illegal.And this is simply not true: in fact, it’s the opposite of true. Every study that has been done on this subject strongly suggests that the vast majority of undocumented immigrants are in fact more law abiding than your average citizen.
Being here illegally is a crime so the entire time they are here is a crime.And this is simply not true: in fact, it’s the opposite of true. Every study that has been done on this subject strongly suggests that the vast majority of undocumented immigrants are in fact more law abiding than your average citizen.
Here you go. Check out the post a few above this one please. The one that ends with “their entire existence here is illegal.”Name a person who thinks that anybody's existence is against the law.
And this statement shows exactly how dehumanizing it is,Their entire existence here is illegal.
Even if I chose to call them undocumented, that does not change the statement. Their entire existence here is illegalAnd this statement shows exactly how dehumanizing it is,
I just want a livable wage with some benefits and workers comp.Making my argument for me.
Who cares how they feel. They are here illegally and as such are illegal aliens.If you’ve read this thread then you’ve read @McBokonon’s post. He works with undocumented immigrants and he says that they feel dehumanized because they are called “illegals”. Why do you doubt this?
Drug dealers. You’re not doing yourself any favors with this.Who cares how they feel. They are here illegally and as such are illegal aliens.
What if drug dealers started to be offended you called them drug dealers? Would you be just as sympathetic?
This whole argument is absurd. If they don't want to be called a illegal aliens then they need to get into this country legally and stop skipping the people that are waiting in line. Has anyone thought of those people? The legitimate ones doing it right and waiting to get in?