[PAA-Discuss] FW: Political Joke

[Alyssa Burgin]

Lee makes a really good point, or several of them. When I
joint-ventured, the other general contractor had a laborer who had
been with him for almost twenty years. We talked a lot and he finally
admitted to me that he had been working for this Houston-area general
contractor all this time on someone else's social security account,
using the name of a man who had died in his childhood. By that time,
this fellow--who was also a forklift operator, truck driver, and
general gopher for the boss--was making almost 25K a year. I said to
him--don't you realize, you will never get a dime of that money you've
been paying in all this time? And he said, sure, but he didn't think
he had a choice. He also told me there were hundreds of people he had
met in his career in the trade who were just like him--and I believe
that. No doubt.

Everyone who buys items at the store pays taxes. Everyone who rents an
apartment pays taxes. And people like this man pay taxes that end up
subsidizing us, not the other way around. You don't hear the GOP'ers
talking about that.

And I might remind people who don't know--I'm illegal. My family got
off a boat in Indianola, Texas, in the late 1830's. No papers. No
immigration office. No nothing. I sure hope no one decides to send me
back to Germany at this late date.

Alyssa Burgin

Alyssa Burgin
On Jan 28, 2008 5:29 PM, Lee Loe <leeloe at igc.org> wrote:
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> guess I don't know any rich immigrants, Artemis, except, I guess the
> offspring of the Rockefellers and such. everyone who buys anything here pays
> taxes on the goods they buy, rent they pay, etc. Also, many immigrants and
> others pay into Social Security and never get anything back for it. I think
> that if the US companies stopped taking over the businesses and industries
> of folks across our borders, the people of those countries would stay home,
> which they prefer most of the time. We must get rid of NAFTA, CAFTA and the
> like and be good neighbors, not greedy opportunists. I must admit I love the
> great mix of ethnic groups and nationalities that the US has, especially the
> Mexican/Spanish influence, but Asian and Arabic, too. Lee L
>
>  ________________________________
>  From: A. Artemis [mailto:a_artemis9 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:34 PM
> To: Lee Loe; discuss at paa-tx.org
> Subject: Re: [PAA-Discuss] FW: Political Joke
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> "They . . . reminisce about the good times they had while getting Rich at
> the expense of the people."
>
> That is exactly what is happening now.   Illegal immigrants are getting rich
> at the expense of lawful American Citizens.
>
> And creating a 2-tiered class system:   The Beneficiaries, and the Payers.
> With your eager, enthusiastic help, no less.
>
> Lee Loe <leeloe at igc.org> wrote:
>
> Great joke. Lee/Mom/Grandma Lee (on us, I fear.)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Margaret
>
> They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times
> they had while getting Rich at the expense of the people.
>
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