>> CHEAP TOMATOES >> >> 900 teachers just got laid off from the Los Angeles >> Unified School District . They are $650,000 over their annual >> budget. The following by an English teacher helps to explain one >> area that looms large over Californias educational crisis. >> >> I hope each person receiving this mail will >> read it carefully all the way to the end. It is sad what is happening to >> our great country all because our politicians are afraid they will miss >> out on a vote. What a travesty! >> >> This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or Independent >> >> From a California school teacher - - - >> As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal >> immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of: >> >> I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large >> southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning >> that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels >> >> Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington >> Park , etc.., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools. >> >> Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When >> I say free breakfast, Im not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a >> full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a >> Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays >> of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. >> (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK) >> >> I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately >> overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides >> day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as >> 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange >> for babysitters or having family watch their kids. >> (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK) >> >> I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing >> funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; >> my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for >> the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been >> carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled >> and grateful to have a free education in America .. >> (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK) >> >> I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers >> whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country >> less than 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling >> them Putas (whores ) and throwing things, that the teachers >> were in tears. >> >> Free medical, free education, free food, day care, etc., etc., etc. Is >> it any wonder they feel entitled not only to be in this country but to >> demand rights, privileges and entitlements? >> >> To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute >> to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they >> like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal >> immigration and see the TRUE costs. >> >> Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, >> lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases >> etc., etc., etc. For me, Ill pay more for tomatoes. >> >> Americans, We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster >> because we wont have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind >> really think they will voluntarily leave and return? >> >> It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture >> that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and >> dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American >> culture that has become so weak and worried about political correctness >> that we dont have the will to do anything about it. >> >> If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to everyone >> you know including your Congressman and Senators. >> >> CHEAP LABOR? Isnt that what the whole immigration issue is about? >> >> Business doesnt want to pay a decent wage. >> >> Consumers dont want expensive produce. >> >> Government will tell you Americans dont want the jobs. >> >> But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase cheap labor >> is a myth, a farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as cheap labor. >> >> Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He takes >> a job for $5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he pays no >> income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return, >> he gets an earned income credit of up to $3,200 free. >> >> He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent. >> >> He qualifies for food stamps.. >> >> He qualifies for free (no deductible), no co-pay) health care. >> >> His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school. >> >> He requires bilingual teachers and books. >> >> He qualifies for relief from high energy bills... >> >> If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled , they qualify for SSI. >> >> Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare . All of this is at (our) taxpayers expense . >> >> He doesnt worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance. >> >> Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material. >> >> He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits. >> >> Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left after paying their bills AND his. >> >> The American taxpayers also pay for increased crime, graffiti and trash clean-up. >> >> Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people! >> >> >> THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES >> FOR EITHER PARTY. AND WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DONT DO AS THEY SAY, WE >> SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT ONCE! >> >> >> >> THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED ALONG TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OR WE WILL ALL GO DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE A FEW DONT CARE
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