"The cost of being a sanctuary city is borne by the tax payers to fulfill the "leaders'" unrealistic and corrosive dreams. So just pony up, shut up, and go lie down by your bowl."
Victoria Taft, June 11, 2007
From Portland Indymedia comes word that City of Portland taxpayers will be called on to spend $200,000 in seed money and much more in operating costs (including someone to operate it--PERS job perhaps?) to fund a day labor center for Portland area illegal aliens. Currently the dozens of men who congregate around a 7/11 store and Wentworth Chevrolet at 6th and SE Burnside/Ankeny spend their time waiting for the driver of a pick up to come by and give them a job.
So now we taxpayers are being asked to foot the bill to find jobs for people, many of whom, are in this country and working here illegally? We're asked to set up a job center (with administration) when they do it for free, illegally, on a Portland street corner? Wha? Why don't we just ask the city to have the police do their jobs?
From the forces behind this effort come these reasons why (my emphasis) added.
The reasoning behind VOZ's efforts are based on a survey of the people most directly involved. "Before we started this process with the city, we started our own research," Paramo noted. "We did small questionnaires with the day laborers. We went to the corners, and I believe I made over a hundred questionnaires for the people. More than 90 percent approved, and say they will move to a work center. "
The survey was performed over a one-month period last year in a totally democratic fashion, Paramo said. "(The day labor center) is what we want to work for. That's because, we don't want to do something that they don't want. They are the ones that decided what to do."
Victoria adds: And they don't know if it will work so they work hard to make sure we go out of our way to find illegal aliens jobs!
VOZ Director Sosa ..."The key part is work. It's the work! To provide a day labor center and guarantee some work." The mere existence of a day labor center, therefore, will not necessarily solve the current tensions. "It's a risk," Sosa declared. "Many people, they think a day labor center is a solution. 'Nobody's going to go (back) outside.' And it's not true."
SENATE BILL 1348 IS COMING BACK. STOP IT NOW.
DON'T FORGET TO CALL YOUR SENATORS TO SAY 'NO' TO AMNESTY! NO TO SENATE BILL 1348! AND USE THE OPEN BORDERS CROWD'S OWN PHONE NUMBERS THEY'VE PAID FOR TO GET A DIRECT LINE TO SENATORS (from Michelle Malkin):If you are having trouble getting through the Capitol switchboard to express your opinion about the Bush-Kennedy shamnesty, there's a special hotline number you might like to try.
1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)
1-800-417-7666. (English number)Who's paying for these hotlines? Unbelievable. SEIU, George Soros, ACORN, the usual open borders fellas and their ilk. Malkin's got the whole list here.
CALL YOUR SENATOR AT THE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD
202-224-3121
AND TELL THEM NO ON SB 1348!
5 comments:
Ah, the 'high cost' of "cheap labor." Isn't life grand in Taxland?
I am wondering what you meant by:
""Wha? Why don't we just ask the city to have the police do their jobs?""
I didn't think it was the local police "job" to be dealing with Immigration?
Plus it is a "Plaid Pantry" store on Burnside not a 7/11. (I know it is a small detail)
Would it be a stretch to say you want them "broke, desperate, hungry, and left to survive on Unconventional-Other Types Of Money Making Tactics to stay alive and to be able to eat?"
I seen some real desperate people out on the streets.
I prefer they ask for work/labor/jobs or they ask me for spare change ...rather than "Oh say mugging and robbery and desperate assaults"
But then I guess that is what The USA/Oregon Local-"Legal" Teenagers are doing according to the recent front page of the Portland Tribune"
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=118125966470374700
Ironically it should be America's (Portland) purebred teenagers we need to be worried about and maybe be jumping up and down, with our fingers out and ....pointing.
I was trying to remember if the Tribune "Mugging" article mentioned that Illegals were doing the muggings in that article?..... oh wait ..."nope"
It wasn't "illegals doing the muggings" according to the paper its local teenagers from the good ol USA!
....But this blog topic isn't about muggings ..... its about finding work .....
"a job" or "a days worth of work" ........ and how you don't want "illegals" working!(?)
Boy the "local busy mugging/USA approved "legal teenagers" could maybe learn something from this topic".... its called "getting a job"....it is called "wanting to work" it is called "standing on a corner hoping you can land a job to earn some money for a days worth of labor/work"
I am sure you get my point
Joe, I realize this may be rather difficult for you to underatand, but if they are here ILLEGALLY, in violation of standing laws, they should go home!
Didn't Clinton and the Democrat controlled congress of the time give NAFTA to create jobs and make life better for them there?
Last I heard, the Police are entrusted with upholding the law, ALL LAWS.
If, as you claim, they are in such dire need, so desperate, maybe they should return home and work at bettering their own country. I'll be happy to pitch in for a bus ticket to the border.
Folks: You should google
JOE-ANYBODY. After reading one of Joe-anybody's Posts over at Portland.indymedia.org I just had to try it.
Joes quite the Activist.
Randy Leonard and Karl Marx would be quite proud of Joe-anybody let alone Ralph Nader. I have a left wing friend that is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about the "INVASION" (HIS WORD, NOT MINE)from Mexico. I was Shocked. You Leftist communists really are having a CIVIL WAR over Immigration from MEXICO. Alot of Leftists are finely seeing that Illegals are taking Jobs that Legal Americans would do. Call the White House and tell President Bush he is WRONGOOOOOOO ON IMMIGRATION 1-202-456-1111.
The allocation of funds to find illegals work is a steaming pile of you-know-what. Oregon has an unemployment department that hands out checks to thousands of unemployed legal citizens.
Why not divert that money and put it into finding unemployed legal citizens jobs? Seams like a brain dead solution to me.
There are no jobs Americans won't do, there is only cheaper labor which buisness' exploit!
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