I fear the law, but have no respect for it...
I honesty believe the law no longer has respect for me... not 100%, but more of 80/20...
The other possible question is... does the law fear me?
As an individual... probably not so much...
As a larger group... odds improve.
I just finished putting up a second metal building... crew was illegible Mexicans. GREAT GUYS... Love America... crazy hard workers... lots of mutual respect between us.
I will share one observation about them...
They absolutely HATE black people... hate their guts and livers. They don't like lazy white people much either, but they have an absolute loathing for lazy blacks.
Your illegal hiring/Mexicans is work - and they worked hard - that's good. While some here complain of the preponderance ( 80% -90% of commercials, by my observation) of blacks in commercials, at least they are "working", if you can call pretendshit "work".
Your Meskins likely don't pay taxes, which is both good and bad. They are taking advantage of " free" perks our "system" lets them get away with - that's all bad since they don't pay taxes. (I wouldn't either, given choice- or not as much, btw).
They will mostly vote Democrat- that's bad. Not that voting Repub is a whole lot better, given the topic of this thread.
We will soon be the same latrine as where they come from. We are well on our way already, due to rule of law NOT being followed. Not that I believe Heinlein to be wrong..... I'm pretty much in the same boat - Does the law make sense (yes)? , should I follow it if it doesn't? (No, unless the consequences are sufficiently unsavory - call me pussy...)
So congratulations on hiring illegals.
I guess.....
These 4 guys came with the buildings... (i.e. you buy the buildings and the crew is sent to put it up).
They came in a 2020 Dodge 3500 Cummins with a equally impressive custom built trailer. 100% legal. DOT number on the side... commercial plates.
Tools were PERFECT (not some 5 gallon bucket of crap)... all ran matching top shelf DeWalt... multi-pack recharging station off of a super quiet gen. Most organized assembly line of tools and production I have ever seen.
End of the job they picked up every scrap of waste steel, every piece of trash, every screw they had dropped after the tip went dull... They even picked up the cigarette butts that were there from the masonry crew of Americans.
They "Yes Sired" me to death.
Will they vote "R" or "D"... I did not ask... but I know with certainty they are absolutely money motivated Capitalists.
The boss is married (presumably the DOT truck is in the wife's name and she is a citizen?). He has been here 9 years (since he was 19) and has spent over $10k with the Government trying to become a legal citizen (did not ask particulars, but he did not strike me as a liar).
As for drinking... I offered them a few beers at the end of the job... only one of them drank... he took one beer from me.
Not sure if they pay taxes or not, but I do suspect someone in the supply stream of the buildings does pay taxes on the labor performed... I am not sure how that would not happen. Workers Comp and Insurance is paid by the fabricator (I know that much).
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If I had a crew of 10 polite hardworking white guys like this... the money I could make would be unreal.
Did I leave anything out?
