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Originally Posted by jspchief
I'm sorry but I don't agree. I work in the construction industry, and I have very real idea of the impact illegal labor has on the housing market. The cost of paying an illegal $500 per week is much lower than the cost of paying a legal $500 per week. There isn't going to be a host of freshly legalized mexicans that are willing to not only take a lower wage, but also start paying taxes on that wage.
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Prices would go up; I don't doubt that. But no where close to being double.
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Originally Posted by jspchief
The thing that people don't realize is a lot of these people are perfectly content working illegally, and not having to pay taxes on their wages. There are a lot of illegals that are in no hurry to be legalized.
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Of course; they're criminals. I don't like paying taxes either, but I'd rather not break the law.