[craigimass]

Yawn......
I guess you didn't read the memo that the two wars will end up costing us 3-5 TRILLION plus lives (what is the value there?).....
or.....or.....or
ONLY TEN TIMES THE FIGURE YOU MENTION.....which, of course, is a completely bogus figure.

There are so many inaccuracies in that piece of BS that I am unable to address them one by one....but I will give you a few things to chew on....

1. The WARS cost us 100% in Federal dollars. The expenses above are spread among local, federal, state......as well as other (mostly imaginary) places.

2. MANY, and I mean MILLIONS of undocumented workers pay Social Security, Medicare and other fees - they use false SS numbers. Where do you think that money goes? Oh....yes, they pay in and they never get it out. It goes to YOU.

3. How much money do you save at the market on your chicken and lettuce because people pick it cheaply?

In other words, I could easily put together a bunch of numbers which showed that these workers actually MADE money for you....and, yes, they would be just as much BS as the numbers above.

Suppressed American Wages? OK, so you want to pay much more for your fruits, vegetables, meat and hotel rooms, etc.?

Again, a big bunch of BS in my opinion, but then again maybe I'm the rare American who doesn't want my kids working in chicken plucking plants.....