Dang, traffic was nice today, just zoomed to work in probably 2/3 of the time it normally takes.  All the workers at mcdonalds looked like they had been called in from their day off, they were in plain clothes.  the food was fresher than normal, faster than normal, and the ice tea, which had been bad the past 4 times I got it, is fantastic!

Dang, I wish more days were immigrant walkout day.  Heck, if they just never came back to work, imagine the US.

A lot of things wouldn't get be getting done, because a lot of jobs currently don't pay enough to attract the attention of a lo of Americans.  Some vegetables/fruits would become scarse and thus their prices would go up.  A lot of janitorial companies would have to raise their prices because they'd have less employees.

Of course the immigrants who never came back to work would end up having to go to some other country, because they can't afford to stay here if they aren't working.

But then imagine a few months down the road.  The pay rates for these menial jobs would go up to attract American legal workers.  Companies that are currently using cheap labor would end up spending money on R&D to come up with better non-menial ways to accomplish the same jobs the lower-paid immigrants were doing before.

More of the menial jobs would be taxed appropriately, since right now they are avoiding being taxed by being paid under the table, then even worse, sending their money out of the country where it is neither taxed for income nor is it taxed when used to buy goods and services.  This would increase our country's tax coffers which would help with the economy.  When menial jobs are increased in pay rates, skilled IT workers like me would end up getting raises.

So thus illegal immigrant leaving = me getting raise.  I like it!

Don't get me wrong, immigration is great, the legal kind, like what my great grandparents had to do when they fled Prussia.  And even the illegals that are here (you know, the ones that aren't terrorists looking to harm this country) I could probably accept being given work visas or something. 

But for gosh sake illegals, STOP sending your money out of the country!  Spend it here on movies, blue jeans, and CDs, buy fancy cars, etc, we need your tax money. ^_^