tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post7141505725624511911..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: Governor's move was brilliant, absolutely brilliant.Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-63480779007753577612007-07-06T03:25:00.000-07:002007-07-06T03:25:00.000-07:00I would not worry about nursing homes, as they are...I would not worry about nursing homes, as they are required to do background checks on their employees and in many cases fingerprint clearance cards are required for employment in a nursing home, so there should be no undocumented workers there, and if a power plant is hiring so many undocumented workers that removing them from the worksite would cause the plant to shut down, then the plant owners knowingly hired them without documentation. Lets face it folks, the only way to reform a broken immigration system is to sanction the businesses that bring them into Arizona, most of the time risking their own lives, or paying a criminal coyote thousands of dollars to smuggle them across. This bill is a great idea and it will force the business community to stand up to congress and demand a better immigration system if these workers are really needed. Or it just might call the business owners bluff, and require them to pay decent wages that american citizens require to do the work. Business owners and the Federal government have had a wink, wink, nod, nod mentally on this issue for far too long - businesses get cheap labor without having to pay retirement or medical benefits and the elected officials get campaign dollars from businesses raking in the dough all off the backs of these migrant workers forced to live in the shadows and work for pennies on the dollar; the other sin of these business owners is while they get rich, our healthcare system has suffered great losses to our emergency room care that must be provided anyone without insurance and the rest of us have beared the brunt of these costs in increased healthcare premiums and out of sight prescription drugs costs. I do not blame the workers who are just seeking a means to feed their families, but I do believe the blame should rest as it does with this bill on businesses that undercut the workers and then buy off politicians to keep their cheap labor force a comin' across that open border, and this bill should shame our congress into revamping the system and tightening security at our borders, which is what should have happened 40 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com