Civil rights groups sue over rent law

[Psycho4Bud]

"The lawsuit claims the measure, scheduled to take effect Jan. 12, is so poorly drafted that it excludes even legal immigrants from renting."

Making someone show proof of citizenship is the problem.....or so they state. Got a drivers licence?, birth certificate, S.S. number? MANY ways of showing proof unless someones trying to AVOID something.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[PigSnout]

I'm sorry but if it ain't union then its a SCAB and gets what it deserves. Non union construction hurts the industry just as much as illegals. I've worked on sites were we have did a walk out due to non union workers also working on same site. And Ill gladly turn away a repair man at my house if he can not show me a union card.

Thats a pretty narrow minded assumption on there living conditions.

Do you actually think the illegals are living in nice conditions considering the money they make? Doesn't take a genius to figure it out.

Talk about a narrow minded statement "Non union construction hurts the industry just as much as illegals."
That's a laugh. Unions have been gouging the public for years with their overpaid workers. More power to them if they can get it, I personally wouldn't hire them.

Illegals have been driving down wages. The people who benefit are the rich business owners. All of a sudden these businesses can't make it? The same story, the rich get richer, the working stiff takes it on the chin.
The median income dropped about 10 percent in Dallas last year, just over $4000 a year. Foreclosures jumped 300 percent.
As long as there is complacency against these criminals the economy will continue to suffer.

[Zimzum]

Honestly I see illegal immigrants as a necessary evil of this country. If you eliminate them and at least replace them with people who make minimum wage, that cost gets pasted onto the consumer in the end. Which will increase the cost of living for the rest of us. Or worse if they decide to close down shop and open up in a cheaper labor market like china. We again lose out at least on the tax revenue of the business. I don't know where all your from but in Boston one needs to make at least $22.50 an hour to cover the cost of living in or around the city. Yet my aunt in upstate NY rents out an entire house for $500 a month, heat included. I asked her why she charges so little and she said "theres barely any jobs around here since IBM did lay offs." Until our government demands minimum wage comparable to the cost of living most Americans wont want to scrub toilets for $6/hr.

[medicinal]

but in Boston one needs to make at least $22.50 an hour to cover the cost of living in or around the city. Yet my aunt in upstate NY rents out an entire house for $500 a month, heat included. Just think, you could move into your aunts house and work for minimum wage.. In the wild-wild west, Housing varies greatly, from 200.00 a mo. shitholes to 5,000.00+ a mo. mansions. Also the wages vary from 5.50 an hr.to-infinity for CEOs, so there's a wide variety of housing and jobs. I never worked for minimum wage as I was a citizen and had skills. The question is not the union issue per-se, but the fact they are Illegal, you know, breaking the law by even being here, and then they want to bitch and demand citizenship. Bullshit! Go back to where you came from and fix your broken country. We had to fix ours and since it's broken again I believe we Must fix it once more, and a large part of the fix is removing Illegals!

[PigSnout]

Until our government demands minimum wage comparable to the cost of living most Americans wont want to scrub toilets for $6/hr.

Americans wont take that type of work for those kinds of wages. If the illegals weren't here that $6 an hour job pays more. Why should businesses pay the going rate, with no benefits I might add, when they can hire low wage illegals without fearing retribution. A $2 an hour paycut costs a worker $4000 a year.

Why all of a sudden are there jobs to do but Americans wont take them? Unemployment is low. So how can this be?
Back in the day you had two choices:
The choices were pay $40 to get the lawn cut or do it yourself. For alot of us it's a no brainer, do it yourself.
Now the choices are do it yourself, pay $40 to an American, or $25 to an illegal.
It starts with us, the legal Americans. Make a stand. (While you're at it get off your lazy fat ass and cut the lawn yourself)

[medicinal]

The only way to stop the insanity is to close the border first (a no Brainer I'd say), Then start with some stiff employer sanctions, and deportation of undocumented workers. If there were no undocumented workers to do those jobs, the employers would have to pay more as they should. Maybe then the CEOs wouldn't be getting multi-million dollar salaries and bonuses, but a more acceptable 6 figure salary, for no-one deserves those ridiculous amounts! The only thing worse than a CEO is A Wannabee

[PigSnout]

The only way to stop the insanity is to close the border first (a no Brainer I'd say), Then start with some stiff employer sanctions, and deportation of undocumented workers. If there were no undocumented workers to do those jobs, the employers would have to pay more as they should. Maybe then the CEOs wouldn't be getting multi-million dollar salaries and bonuses, but a more acceptable 6 figure salary, for no-one deserves those ridiculous amounts! The only thing worse than a CEO is A Wannabee

Agree 100 percent