Ok... I was just about to hang up my connection, when I said to myself, "self... go take a look at cnn and see what the mass media news has to offer today..."
So what I find is, naturally an article on the California recall circus... The title was something about immigration, so I thought, hey, it might lead to some insight on my post on the whole drivers licence deal... Happily, yes, it does mention it again, amongst a couple other bills regarding immigration in Cali... (I still can't figure out why I care so much since I'm over here on the east coast... but I digress)
It naturaly did not clear up a thing... It did however provide me with a quote to illustrate just how screwed up the idea is...
Mr. Davis according to CNN spouted the following... "He supported 187, and he has said that one of his first acts as governor, which he will not get a chance to do, would be to repeal the legislation I just signed granting drivers licenses to hard-working immigrants that pay taxes in our society. So that is not the way to recognize the contribution immigrants are making to our society" This was in relation to Arnold and his stance on another bill... However, go back and read the part I'm highlighting in green... Notice anything wrong here?... That bill was for granting ILLEGAL immigrants licences... Somehow I just don't think that people trying to avoid the INS is going to go out of their way to pay their taxes... We're not talking about the immigrants that are here with their green card, or on a visa for some reason... Say ti with me now folks... ILLEGAL!!!!
I repeat, I'm not anti-immigration... I know quite a few illegal immigrants... They happen to work for a landscape company where I know a few folks... They are absolutly some of the hardest working guys I've ever seen... But I still don't think they should be getting licences, or have access to any kind of public services since THEY DON"T PAY TAXES!... Personally I hate paying my taxes, but I make damn sure I do... As an owner of a small business, I make damn sure the people that work for me get paid on the level, and send off their withholding to the government too... Its a pain... It cuts into the money I could make by paying them either cash, or on the "independant contractor" 1099 system... However... It is the law... Untill they change it, that's the way people should play the game...
(oooooo... now there's a topic I'm going to sink my teeth into in the next couple days... I'll just bet you can't wait for that one... lol...)
Later...
Posted by Backstage at September 7, 2003 07:41 PM