A new thought on the illegal alien issue. A huge portion of illegals get work by purchasing fake social security numbers to show to employers. These millions of workers then get jobs and pay their FICA of 7.65%. This is then matched by their employers. These illegals will never be able to collect social security, but they pay in how many hundreds of millions of dollars(or billions of dollars or tens of billions of dollars) each and every year? So what happens to all of the money streaming into social security system? Cha-ching! It goes to retiring american citizens. This is quite a contribution to our social security system that many fear will fail in the coming decades. Just another facet to this complex issue. One that I don't think anyone else has thought about.
In the meantime with this retirement windfall , I feel secure enough to buy myself a beach house.
In Baja , Mexico.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Solving the immigration issue
During the past year there has been a great deal of debate on what to do about illegal immigration to this country primarily from Mexico.
Proposals have ranged from "Round 'em up and throw them out" to "make 'em pay $5000 to become citizens(yeah a lot of illegal immigrants making minimum wage will be able to plunk down that kind of cash). None of the proposals can make everyone happy. With this in mind I have come up with a new plan that should satisfy all americans.
Fact - nearly all local and state governments as well as our federal government have spent vast sums of money making the United States nearly bilingual. Everyone calling a large company or government agency has heard this "Para Espanol press numero dos". And Spanish is a very easy language to learn.
Fact - more than 13% of our population is Mexican
Solution - Make Mexico part of the United States. Think of all the land and resources that could be developed with US money from both business and the government.
Think of the billions of dollars saved by not having to guard borders. Now our borders would extend to central america. The rest of our borders would be water. It would certainly be easier to patrol the tiny border with central america than the entire southwest USA.
I think most mexicans would welcome the opportunity to become part of the USA.
What do you think?
Proposals have ranged from "Round 'em up and throw them out" to "make 'em pay $5000 to become citizens(yeah a lot of illegal immigrants making minimum wage will be able to plunk down that kind of cash). None of the proposals can make everyone happy. With this in mind I have come up with a new plan that should satisfy all americans.
Fact - nearly all local and state governments as well as our federal government have spent vast sums of money making the United States nearly bilingual. Everyone calling a large company or government agency has heard this "Para Espanol press numero dos". And Spanish is a very easy language to learn.
Fact - more than 13% of our population is Mexican
Solution - Make Mexico part of the United States. Think of all the land and resources that could be developed with US money from both business and the government.
Think of the billions of dollars saved by not having to guard borders. Now our borders would extend to central america. The rest of our borders would be water. It would certainly be easier to patrol the tiny border with central america than the entire southwest USA.
I think most mexicans would welcome the opportunity to become part of the USA.
What do you think?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Hey Brainiac - get Brainetics
Everyone should go to www.brainetics.tv and order this item. Whether you get it for your child or yourself it's amazing exercise for your brain. You can develop math skills you could never imagine you were capable of achieving. It also seems to help memory and critical thinking and it's also a lot of fun.
The creator, Mike Byster, is a truly remarkable person. He has gone to countless classrooms to teach and motivate students to learn math skills (at no charge).
I've known Mike for more than half of my life and he genuinely cares about having a positive impact on people's lives.
And just so you all know, I'm not telling you this for any personal gain. I haven't even gotten a discount on Brainetics for myself and we were college roomates. Six of us lived in an old house together at 59 E. Chalmers in Champaign, IL and I distinctly remember him telling me that I was his seventh favorite roomate (after axelwoman). You would think that would count for something.
Seriously though, I don't believe you will ever find another product that will enhance your life or your child's life as positively as this intelligent and fun set of DVD's.
So go to www.brainetics.tv and see what I'm talking about.
The creator, Mike Byster, is a truly remarkable person. He has gone to countless classrooms to teach and motivate students to learn math skills (at no charge).
I've known Mike for more than half of my life and he genuinely cares about having a positive impact on people's lives.
And just so you all know, I'm not telling you this for any personal gain. I haven't even gotten a discount on Brainetics for myself and we were college roomates. Six of us lived in an old house together at 59 E. Chalmers in Champaign, IL and I distinctly remember him telling me that I was his seventh favorite roomate (after axelwoman). You would think that would count for something.
Seriously though, I don't believe you will ever find another product that will enhance your life or your child's life as positively as this intelligent and fun set of DVD's.
So go to www.brainetics.tv and see what I'm talking about.
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