And whoever who is very concern about doing the right thing when it comes to pay taxes, let me tell you something. Where I lives immigration came and took all the illegal workers, approximately 500 workers. Now, the field employers are very concern because they have no employees to pick their strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, lettuce etc…. If you are interesting in helping or work for one of those employer the job is your they pay $7.50 hourly or less. It would be a great job for you.

First of all, I live in Phoenix, which is only a couple hours drive from Mexico. There are plenty of Mexicans looking for work here to help support their families back home and to try and give them a better life.
Have you all forgotten -ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR!- that this country was built upon foreigners coming to this country in attempt to find a better life?!?!
Unless YOU ARE A NATIVE AMERICAN like me, all of your ancestors came from some other country.
I find it ironic that it is only 2 days from Thanksgiving and most of you still have these ignorant feelings towards other people.
What are you celebrating this holiday for?!?! Just to eat, watch football or a parade?!?!
THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES FOR GOD’S SAKE!

Taxes? There has been taxes since Cesar’s time. There will always be taxes. Don’t worry- there are always plenty of things to be taxed! They’ll always find something! They will get their money somehow.

Taking jobs away from American citizens? Listen, if it weren’t for the Mexicans, who would clean the hotel toilets? Make the beds? Cook food? Landscape the yards? Dig ditches? Wash dishes? Bus tables? Wash cars? ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC.,
Americans won’t work for minimum wage much less as a janitor or cleaning person, a gardener, a chef, a dishwasher, etc.

When the cable company came out to dig trenches for the cable lines, who was it that I saw digging in 120° heat? A white guy?! OH NO! HE WAS IN THE TRUCK WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING ON DRINKING A THIRSTBUSTER! It was a Mexican doing the digging.

When my neighbor’s lawn needs to be mowed, do they, or their able-bodied children mow it? OH NO! THEY HIRE A MEXICAN TO DO IT! (grass in the desert still slays me, but when the water does finally run out, then they will weep…)

Who’s doing the cooking at Panda’s, my favorite Chinese take-away? MEXICANS!

Who’s washing the pots and pans that they use in the kitchen? MEXICANS!

Who will be hanging the Christmas lights on my neighbors tri-level home? MEXICANS!

For God’s sake, it’s 2008, almost 2009, and YOU ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS!!!

I guess it’s a good thing that Americans NEVER cheat the government… OH NO. That’s why there are healthy Americans on welfare, food stamps, WIC programs, disability, etc.

They have babies intentionally to raise their “income.” Then they spend it on crack!

They sell merchandise at swap meets & flea markets on the sly, while they rake in money from the government.

And yes, they too, have come to my door and asked to trim my palms and hedges and to even paint my home and roof it. OH, but I guess you don’t want to discuss that, do you?!?!

Should the American Indian start on the subject of how the white man came here, to his land, brought disease, raped their people, stole from them, tortured them, killed them, drove them from what was their land to land that is barren and waste where nothing can be grown or can thrive including the people?!?!

But, I shouldn’t condemn you for your ignorance, after all, now that there are casinos on almost every reservation (or soon will be) , it’s the pathetic people that are the ones that are throwing their money away… right into the Native America’s pocket!! LOL!

Oh and hey…. our way IS totally legal! LOL!

Because of the insurance aspect, I hired professional movers to relocate some antique furniture from my mom’s house to mine (when she died), rather than asking friends. If the friends had dropped/broken the delicately carved, marble topped table, I couldn’t have asked them to pay for a replacement, but I sure as heck could demand payment, if the insured moving company did!

Minimally I look for expertise, insurance and bonding — it costs me less in the long run.

So rather than dwelling on the illegal immigrant issue, here’s something to consider…

Do you faithfully report and pay sales tax on all out-of-state internet/mail order purchases on your annual income tax return like you’re supposed to? My CPA actually rolled his eyes when that one came out. Most people I know find this new tax obligation laughable, and either declare nothing or, like, a token $5. So if you don’t, then aren’t you cheating the system just as egregiously as if you had paid your lawncare guy under the table?

Or, if some normal looking guy catches me out in the yard and asks for work, I might just pay him to do something if looks like he needs the help.

If there are a lot of layoffs or other problems in my area, I’m serving a much greater good by paying someone cash than forcing this person to jump through the hoops required for them to get public assistance. A person who is willing and able to work should have the right to go out today and bring home money to pay bills or feed their family.

The reason they are cheaper is because they don’t need to carry insurance, don’t need to worry about paying employees properly, don’t need to worry about people taking legal action against them for overworking or underpaying.

Always say no to paying illegals, ask for a paper trail on every transaction.

The line gets a little blurry, though, when someone is claiming or behaving as if they operate a business, but still insist on under-the-table payment. On the one hand, it smells a little fishy.

On the other hand, the IRS has a limit (albeit a low one) on how much a person can make via self-employment before it must be reported and taxed. Who am I to question whether someone I’m hiring is at or beyond that level?