Dear Mr. President:
I know you are committed to reducing our unemployment. Here is the most cost effective solution.
We have learned that U. S. citizens will indeed take jobs that illegal immigrants are doing. Your ICE people recently arrested 28 illegals working at a Bellingham WA business. The next day hundreds of people applied for the 28 job openings. So Americans do want these jobs.
I understand that some 7.0 million illegal immigrants are working in the U. S. Also, 11.6 million U. S. citizens were unemployed in January 2009 for a 7.6 percent unemployment rate. So says your Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This presents a remarkable opportunity! You can kill two birds with one stone by
a. Enforcing U. S. employment law, which would get rid of Illegals, thus
b. Facilitating U. S. citizens’ increased employment. What could be simpler?
Naysayers will argue that removing Illegals is too expensive. But think about it: unable to work, most Illegals would simply go home. The balance could be deported.
Assume on average it costs $1,000 each to remove the 7.0 million illegal workers. That would total $7 Billion.
When all of the 7.0 million jobs are taken over by U. S. citizens the unemployment rate would drop to a rosy 3.0 percent. You would be a hero! Your reelection would be assured!!
Compared to recent government bailouts and “stimulus” expenditures, the $7 Billion is a drop in the bucket. In fact, it is less than the value of the earmarks in the current $410 billion spending bill in Congress. Simply cut out the pork and the Illegals jobs can be given back to our citizens at no out of pocket cost. This is an exciting win-win for everybody.
If you like this, you will love my income tax simplification plan!
Wishing you every success,
Charles Q. Citizen
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