Well, we're talking about replacing ILLEGALS, for one thing. They ain't exactly getting paid a living wage either, you know. This would be a great step towards fixing that particular problem as well. Prisons are overcrowded and recidivism is ridiculous. Criminals come out worse than they went in. Your non-solution continues that injustice, which is my mind is far more dangerous.
Work that guy who is serving 10 years for raping someone's loved one. Make em build roads for two years, farm for three, frame houses for five. Whatever it takes. Make that prisoner's wage enough to get them through a few months once they get out of jail so that they can find work, and at the same time they have a marketable skill and can make an honest living. They'll have healthcare at least, which the illegals doing these jobs now do not. We'll decrease illegal immigration and actually get something back for our tax dollars who feed these thugs.
And with 1 out of every 6 factory jobs gone since 2001, that job market is already toast. Giving someone who wants to turn a new leaf the potential skill to do so is well worth the money lost to an illegal, IMO>
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Work that guy who is serving 10 years for raping someone's loved one. Make em build roads for two years, farm for three, frame houses for five. Whatever it takes. Make that prisoner's wage enough to get them through a few months once they get out of jail so that they can find work, and at the same time they have a marketable skill and can make an honest living. They'll have healthcare at least, which the illegals doing these jobs now do not. We'll decrease illegal immigration and actually get something back for our tax dollars who feed these thugs.
And with 1 out of every 6 factory jobs gone since 2001, that job market is already toast. Giving someone who wants to turn a new leaf the potential skill to do so is well worth the money lost to an illegal, IMO>