Why is the US government breaking one of its own laws just to make money?
912800
The US government is not the one hiring illegals, but you are right in as much as I believe the US government should penalize the employers for hiring illegals.  May I add that most employers do hire illegals because the illegals cannot complain about how they are underpaid, overworked, and abused.  More money for the employers.
551924
It's very illegal in the USA
1042280
Actually, you cannot sue the government for misspending your tax dollars.  If the legislature allocated money for whatever news 7 says "you paid for", then it is perfectly legal, whether you agree with it or not.  \n\nIronically, you cannot sue the government without permission from the government...isn't that weird?  But it's true in the USA.
312749
Because the government cant make money off it. Pot and alcohol basically do the same thing(impair your mental processing). Pot is easy to get/grow so there isn't alot of money to be made by Washington, alcohol however is a little harder and expensive to make (other than moonshine) so the government can make hundreds of millions of dollars from alcohol taxes.
231696
The U.S. had quite a bit of money at one time. And as all big wigs with money and clout do, they feel the need to put their two cents in pretty much everywhere. The American government feels they are strong enough to handle anything. That is so untrue. They stick their noses in foreign business and try to correct it (helping to form a new government in Iraq) and all the while, totally forget about their own citizens. We still have homeless veterans, We still have hungry children, we still have an awful drug problem. But is America spending their dollars to help those folks? Of course not. It's rediculous. A man once said to some folks, "Clean up your own backyard before you come talking about mine." America should listen to that statement.
193776
No. It's crap government.  \n\nHowever, if the government is deliberately crap, just so that a few of its big company buddies can rip you off legally, (hello!!) then, in a way, Yes.
334606
why is it up to the government?? people in our nation want everything done for them and they don't want to pick up and do it. it's up to each individual person to make sure that out planet is taken care of. and honestly why does it matter about the governements plans an laws??they are broken EVERY DAY! speeding, burglary, murder, drugs.. it happens everyday why do people think if the government is involved that it will all the sudden get better??
754800
That is the most moronic law I've ever heard of.. We've not become a stupid nation we've become a greedy nation you know somehow the govronment is making money off that law. no wonder I'm an anarchist
532140
Actually, the way it works is this:  Congress passes laws that give general, non-specific instructions to the federal agency (in the executive branch) that is supposed to enforce the rules and follow Congress's instructions.  The laws and the agency regulations are all in place, but the Bush administration has made almost no effort to see that the existing rules are actually enforced.  Mining companies face really small fines for major violations -- smaller than most speeding tickets you or I might get, but most mines have just ignored them and not paid them, and the Bush administration has allowed them to do this.  Congress did its job, but the executive branch has a very poor record on seeing that those laws are actually put into force.
538315
Supposedly, its either in an effort to raise money (this was the sole source of income for the early U.S. government) or to "protect" certain industries from foreign entities.  However, economists generally state that no industry should be protected: a totally free enterprise system works best.  Why should we keep making horse and buggies, for instance, if the rest of the world is making automobiles?  Why should we protect industries like sugar when the average American family must pay over $250 a year more for sugar than the rest of the world pays?  Just to keep an inefficient market in place?  Hardly.
1166198
B/C our govt is stupid and gives them money and they keep their business for 1 year turn around and sell it back to a family member.
949378
because there is tax money in it for the government...\nwhy else does the government do anything?
579547
The Government is basically saying that it is OK to break the law (come into this country illegally). If it is OK to break laws, why can't I smoke pot in the middle of the street? Why can't I rob a bank, pay taxes on the money and live as a milionnare??? Risk??? No one gets anywhere in life without taking risks. They knew the risks and made their decision. This country is overpopulated as is and services such as Social Security and Welfare are already strapped. I think a lot of politicians voted on this law because they feared losing their housekeepers, gardeners, and nannies. God forbid if these people of privilege actually have to wash a dish, change a diaper, or get their hands dirty pulling weeds.
1109761
Not much to understand. Just another way of the government to tax us and waste, steal or misuse the money.
691453
Governments are too corrupt.  The money does not go where it is supposed to go.
486374
I suppose for the same reason people allow "illegal" immigrants to break our laws while so many immigrants became legal citizens the proper way and respected the laws of the land.\n\nIts kind of a double standard thing going on, by the government AND the people. It could be worse. We could have a government like China who dictates everything the people do period. But now that I think about it - our government is steadily headed that way since 9-11.\n\nI would also like to add.., MuaRung.., must not be an American Citizen. He or she would probably have you arrested for for the way you (and I) write if he or she could. Must be a wealthy communist. :-)
994201
There are so many laws they commonly break.  \n\n1. Coming and taking benefits illegally.\n\n2.  Either using a forged and/or stolen Social Security card or not paying taxes on an annual basis.\n\n3.  In states where they are not allowed licenses, driving without a license or insurance.....\n\nAnd then on top of that they represent 4% of our population but 25 to 35% of the national prison population and by some accounts up to 50% of the prison population in California.\n\nWhat a tangled web we weave.....