This is competition. If someone can do the same job for less money, why is that a problem? If you want to get rid of illegal immigration do the following:
1) Get rid of the minimum wage.
2) Get rid of unemployment insurance past say 26 weeks
3) Get rid of welfare except for people who demonstrably cannot work.
4) Get rid of unions
5) Tax health insurance benefits as the salary they are.
Not exactly. Illegal immi. . . .'cuse me, criminal immigration, is a function of the total cost of government (feds, state, local) imposed on the American worker in a world where the federales have engaged in agreements where labor from less expensive parts of the world are encouraged to immigrate into the US. To focus on the wage difference is to enjoy the odor of an aged red herring.
Add to your list of "get rid of's. . . " the following:
--separate healthcare from employment. Taxing benefits is part of the proble.
--Neuter the EPA. One of the major reasons American companies flee the US is the cost of enviromental law.
--OSHA type laws increase the cost of production
--Throw a blanket over tort lawyers. Stop the tort bar from mining American corporations.
--Private retirement systems add an ongoing cost that is only recently being investigated.
--Tax corporations once, not twice as is now done.
--Simplify the tax code.
--Limit accounting requirements.
I could go on. These are only the tip of the iceburg. Every increase in the cost of doing business in the US over international levels will result in increasing criminal immigration AND outsourcing.
"Competition?" Yea, its competition with the American worker having an anvil strapped to his or her back.
I could work for a lot less IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO DONATE ALMOST 1/2 OF MY INCOME TO GOVERNMENT.
