Sine qua non
Until the borders are fully secured, the rest of the schemes are for naught.
Frederick C. Sage, Boulder
And the award for pointing out the obvious, goes to F.C.Sage.
Posted by Sharon B. on May 30, 2007 03:51 AMNo - until businesses are faced with meaningful fines, "the rest of the schemes are for naught". The year that WalMart was fined $11 million, the company made $285 BILLION - basically a rounding error. (Compare it to being fined one cent for every mile over the posted speed limit - hardly a deterrent.) If businesses & individuals were fined 5% of gross income for the first offense, 10% for the 2nd offense & 10% + mandatory jail time for the CEO for every additional offense, (and making those fines not tax deductible) I think businesses & individuals would find it cost INEFFECTIVE to hire illegals. And if XYZ company or Mr. or Ms. Smith uses subcontractors & the subcontracting company has been found guilty of hiring illegals, they are on notice that they (if XYZ company or Mr. or Ms. Smith) are liable for the same fines. If there weren't any jobs, would the illegals still come?
Posted by Mary on May 30, 2007 04:28 AMBorders secured??? It will never happen. Just another pro-illegal pro-amnesty LIE!
Posted by A on May 30, 2007 07:10 AM"Sine qua non"?
Didn't we cover that in high school trigonometry -- sine, cosine, sine qua non....
Posted by prima facie on May 30, 2007 09:37 AMNeat: a fellow writes a letter which to him is gospel and come to find out gospel is not that accurate; comes the god killer, Grimes, chiding his favorite person for identifying herself as an enemy of humanity evidenced by her use of the word, "obvious."
See y'all at the People's Fair June 2.
Posted by Richard Grimes: Deicide: Risen Ape managing a cemetary called Mythology r22037@yahoo.com on May 30, 2007 10:29 AMWell phooey, RG, it is obvious that our borders are wide open to anybody, and that might need to be looked at first.
Where is the Peoples Fair?
Posted by Sharon B. on May 31, 2007 12:21 PM