Day Laborer Centers

No sooner do I set up this blog and tell readers that I am concerned with WESTERN MoCo issues, than I decide to spout off about an issue I keep hearing about in the Gazette and on other local blogs. That issue is whether or not we should have taxpayer-funded sites for day laborers (re. illegal aliens) in suburban neighborhoods.

Illegal immigration is, well, illegal no? What's to discuss? If you're here in this country legally, great! Welcome to the land of opportunity.

If you're here illegally, i.e., without any documentation - sorry! You get no sympathy from me. The only thing you'll get from me is a schedule of flights back to wherever you snuck in from.

So the city of Gaithersburg is called "xenophobic" by the lordly Washington Post because they uppity populace (re. xenophobes) doesn't think a parking lot full of illegals should be sanctioned - even provided for - by tax payers! Imagine that! Gaithersblog has a very good write up on the idiotic WaPo strawman argument used by the editorialists to smear anyone with the audacity to assume that non-taxpaying illegals deserve the same treatment as everyone else. Go figure!

At what point do the concerns of the taxpayers trump the desires of the minority who think that we owe everyone anything they want? My property taxes have climbed steadily, nearly doubling in the past 7 years. Funny, but I haven't noticed a doubling in the services provided by Doug Duncan and his band of merry Councilmembers. Still, I get up each day, go to work along with my spouse, and do the best I can for my family. I stay out of trouble, pay my bills, and help with a few different civic organizations, but I do so with the understanding that that's what living in an organized society requires of me. It doesn't mean that I can go out do whatever I want , and expect the other law-abiding citizenry to cover for me.

Want a day laborer center? How about requiring them to register, and show a valid SSN number to utilize the center's services? My guess is that you'd see a dust trail down 355 as they headed to the next gathering site.