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The man claims he let go of 12 workeers. He was likely paying them minimum wage. In the USA, a worker costs wages plus about a 24 % markup for social security and other benefits, plus let's say $1000 a month for health care - and that's being generous.
So let's work out the budget for these 12 workers:
12 workers * 2000 hours per year = 24000 hours. 24000 hours * $8 per hour * 1.24 markup = $238,000 US Dollars Add $12,000 for medical benefits: $12,000 US dollars
Total cost of these illegal aliens: $250,000 US dollars per year.
Now, let's say he hires LEGAL immigrants for an average of $16 per hour, and also offers them health coverage: The cost is
238000 *2 + 12000 = $488,000
Thus this owner, would at worst have to hire US citizens or Legal immigrants at TWICE the wage (or $8 per hour more), and this would cause a $238,000 loss in profits (since the extra wages would be a business cost). This in turn would reduce his after income tax cash flow by $180,000 US.
On the other hand, one could argue that, by paying $8 an hour more to each worker, he can get a higher quality individual, who speaks fluent English, and is steadier and better trained (a man making $16 an hour with health benefits is less likely to quit). Therefore the efficiency in the business could go up - reducing his "losses" even more.
My conclusion? This piece is garbage, it's intended to confuse the people. The truth is the illegal alien influx is meant to help the business elites to exploit the working class, and there's a conspiracy of smart people who want the exploitation to continue, and a conspiracy of dunces who want to have the USA flooded by illegals for their own murky reasons...and these conspiracies are intended to drive a large knife in the back of the US working class.
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