Drew Dowdell

Where, in any of my posts, did I mention deporting them? Not a single single post did I say to deport them. I am saying that we should place financially catastrophic fines on employers so that the demand for illegal work will dry up.... If they want to work here, I'm all for it. Do it legally and get paid at least minimum wage.

Minimum wage was set up for a reason. We shouldn't be abusing people's misfortune just so we can buy strawberries at $1.99/lb no matter how willing they are to let us do it.

So what you're saying is that companies will do what they can to thwart the law (in this case immigration law) in order to benefit their own bottom line? Say it ain't so Joe! The typical migrant workers work for less than minimum wage. As far as your question.... 1,000 people camped out in Queens, NY over night in the rain to apply for a single elevator mechanic's job. You'd be surprised what people would be willing to do.

I think a lot of the draw is the employers in the US who are willing to hire illegals. If the illegals can't get hired because they are illegal, they'll go home on their own or they won't come in the first place. I'm surprised at you.... I thought a "market based" solution would be right up your ally. Forcing employers to comply with the law or be severely punished would dry up demand for illegal work. The ones who want to stay can work on getting their citizenship legally. I'm thinking a fine of something like 20 times market wage (or minimum wage whichever is higher) for as long as the employee worked there (or 6 months worth of 40 hour a week salary, whichever is longer) That'll make even someone with a payroll like Walmart stop and think twice about verifying employment eligibility and it will certainly stop illegal day laborers.

I have no problem with people working. Do it legally. If you own a farm and need people to pick your strawberries, you need to pay your workers at least the federal or state minimum wage and they must show documents as being legally allowed to work in the U.S. I don't care if your workers come from Mexico, Bagdad, Detroit, or some other war zone. Follow the laws.

If they want to come here legally, that's fine. But illegals are sucking up labor that could be done by people here legally and depressing the wages of everyone around them. Make the enforcement against hiring illegals so harsh and so often enforced that people will start checking documents for employment and paying the minimum wage because it will cost too much to get caught. We need a way of verifying that documents are valid as well.

Did you read the fine print Moltar?

and if we financially punish employers in such a catastrophic way so as to prevent the hiring of illegals, the suction will stop.

Agreed. We should impose financially catastrophic penalties on the people who hire illegals.... even if it's just to do once a week yard work. That will cut the cord on the vacuum cleaner in the first place.

My gut is telling me no.

Unfortunately, for me, this is a definite "NO". It's in really good shape for a $1900 car, but it's been heavily smoked in.... even the rear ash trays are full... the ash trays have ash trays. Never been a smoker, never will. I don't think I could ever get it clean enough. At this point, unless I were to gut the interior, the only thing this Buick is good for now is hauling slag.

I agree, but in this case, I'm looking for any suggestions as to what to look at on these cars.

Found this on Craigslist: 1993 Buick Park Ave Ultra - $1900 - 57,000 miles I got the address and it's still available. It's only about 15 minutes from my house. I'm going to look at it this evening. The guy says it has a small exhaust leak and the transmission cooler line is leaking, but those are the only known issues. Opinions? Things to look for? I know it's not a truck, but it's cheap and with only 57k miles it'll probably have a lot of life left in it. I could still use the CRV if I need to haul something large, but all of my tools would still fit in the trunk.

Cavalier in '83

Well, this story is kind of old and I believe was on newer (at the time) Pontiac Aztec

And resumed it in 1983?

We're still having fun. Power is still out here. They haven't even started working on it yet. It looks like the power pole is cracked and bending. I have a laptop and a cellular internet connection so I can keep tabs on you guys.

An advantage to being gay. Candles. A freak microburst brought down a tree and pulled down the wires on my street. Being gay, we have more candles than the Vatican on Easter Sunday. It feels like we have the lights on, just dimmed.

Ihre papiere bitte

Two of my favorites.

The last Oldsmobile I6 was the 2004 Bravada? Before that was 1950 for an Oldsmobile I6 '66 - '77 for the Chevy I6 in the Cutlass

Inline 6 engines have more journal bearings per cylinder and thus spread the stress out over more parts.

Was the Sequel on DeltaII?

I'd definitely go Regal Turbo. Think gas prices 4 years out... not just today.