Hillbilly, I would alter what you said by just a bit. From "if you go to the US" to "if you go to another country,..."
I personally think one problem is hypocrisy. For example, not to pick on or single out Criss Colon, but I think he is very typical of many Americans in his thinking -
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07 June 2007 11:25 am "DEATH PENALTY FOR ILLEGALS" -
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and on another day -
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20 April 2007 11:26 am
"I Worked For The Dominican Government For 10 Years As An "Illegal"!!
They didn`t seem to mind a bit!
They did however deduct all payroll taxes!
Guess they use the US Military Policy "Don`t Ask, Don't Tell" !!!!
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Which is it to be? Do as I say, or do as I do???? The rules apply in both situations. The problem is that too many Americans (and Europeans, and whomever else) think in the same way - "I`m special, I'm an American(European, whtever) so the rules don't apply to me".
How many Americans here in the DR who have no residency, no Driver's license, etc think that it`s a scandal that there are so many illegal Dominicans in New York (and how many readers here on DR1 have illegal Dominicans working for them or with them in NY?)
Or else, "I'm helping these poor people with all of this money I`m spending in their poor country ! And I have 3 employees in Sosua (or Santo Domingo, or Puerto Plata, or wherever) who make their living maintaining my house and garden! Lucky poor people. They're lucky to have me here. I don't really need my Dominican residency anyway, and besides , there is always SUCH a line there!"
Guess what folks ! Most Illegals there DO pay all of the payroll taxes, and NO, they don't apply or receive a refund! If an illegal dominicano is making $18 grand a year in NYC - that`s $9 an hour for their work) - federal taxes paid in might be $500, NY State taxes another $500, SS taxes of $1375, and sales taxes paid, maybe $1125 and NYC taxes of another $200, what's that - $3700? Doesn`t look like chicken feed to me, it looks like a "tax rate " of 20.5% on someone making $18 grand a year in NYC! Kids and wife are back in the DR, so no schools getting used. Who's geting ripped off?
Avoiding paying in any withheld payroll taxes to the US government, or the state government, is the fastest way to the pokey for a business owner in America, using legal OR illegal workers.
So you say you have 12 million darn foreigners living in the US, millions more in Europe in various countries, stealing "your" jobs, stealing "your" tax dollars, using "your" public services without paying? (including an estimated 500,000 Dominicanos who are in the US illegally)
Well, it has been estimated that about 10 to 12 million American citizens have LEFT the U.S. Why don't you give my spot in the US to an illegal Dominican, because I am NEVER coming back ! Take a poll, and I'll bet that one-third or one-half of American citizens who are currently living outside of the US would say the same thing. Some of us left for a reason, and not because we didn`t have enough money to retire on "there".
There ! I?ve already fixed up to HALF of the problem you think you have. Got any more problems? (oh, and "QUOTE" - at least I HAVE a plan - you haven't proposed any solutions, have you? -END QUOTE--)
I personally think one problem is hypocrisy. For example, not to pick on or single out Criss Colon, but I think he is very typical of many Americans in his thinking -
QUOTE -
07 June 2007 11:25 am "DEATH PENALTY FOR ILLEGALS" -
THAT would fix the Problem ! CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCC
-END QUOTE-----
and on another day -
QUOTE -
20 April 2007 11:26 am
"I Worked For The Dominican Government For 10 Years As An "Illegal"!!
They didn`t seem to mind a bit!
They did however deduct all payroll taxes!
Guess they use the US Military Policy "Don`t Ask, Don't Tell" !!!!
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
---END QUOTE-----
Which is it to be? Do as I say, or do as I do???? The rules apply in both situations. The problem is that too many Americans (and Europeans, and whomever else) think in the same way - "I`m special, I'm an American(European, whtever) so the rules don't apply to me".
How many Americans here in the DR who have no residency, no Driver's license, etc think that it`s a scandal that there are so many illegal Dominicans in New York (and how many readers here on DR1 have illegal Dominicans working for them or with them in NY?)
Or else, "I'm helping these poor people with all of this money I`m spending in their poor country ! And I have 3 employees in Sosua (or Santo Domingo, or Puerto Plata, or wherever) who make their living maintaining my house and garden! Lucky poor people. They're lucky to have me here. I don't really need my Dominican residency anyway, and besides , there is always SUCH a line there!"
Guess what folks ! Most Illegals there DO pay all of the payroll taxes, and NO, they don't apply or receive a refund! If an illegal dominicano is making $18 grand a year in NYC - that`s $9 an hour for their work) - federal taxes paid in might be $500, NY State taxes another $500, SS taxes of $1375, and sales taxes paid, maybe $1125 and NYC taxes of another $200, what's that - $3700? Doesn`t look like chicken feed to me, it looks like a "tax rate " of 20.5% on someone making $18 grand a year in NYC! Kids and wife are back in the DR, so no schools getting used. Who's geting ripped off?
Avoiding paying in any withheld payroll taxes to the US government, or the state government, is the fastest way to the pokey for a business owner in America, using legal OR illegal workers.
So you say you have 12 million darn foreigners living in the US, millions more in Europe in various countries, stealing "your" jobs, stealing "your" tax dollars, using "your" public services without paying? (including an estimated 500,000 Dominicanos who are in the US illegally)
Well, it has been estimated that about 10 to 12 million American citizens have LEFT the U.S. Why don't you give my spot in the US to an illegal Dominican, because I am NEVER coming back ! Take a poll, and I'll bet that one-third or one-half of American citizens who are currently living outside of the US would say the same thing. Some of us left for a reason, and not because we didn`t have enough money to retire on "there".
There ! I?ve already fixed up to HALF of the problem you think you have. Got any more problems? (oh, and "QUOTE" - at least I HAVE a plan - you haven't proposed any solutions, have you? -END QUOTE--)