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	<title>Comments on: S.C. Supreme Court: Illegals Have Workers&#8217; Comp Rights</title>
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		<title>By: Random SC Political Update &#124; FITSNews For Now</title>
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		<dc:creator>Random SC Political Update &#124; FITSNews For Now</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] - Based on everything we&#8217;ve been hearing today, it&#8217;s a safe bet that jettisoning an illegal immigrant&#8217;s right to workers&#8217; compensation claims will be the subject of at least one piece of corrective legislation when S.C. lawmakers reconvene [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] - Based on everything we&#8217;ve been hearing today, it&#8217;s a safe bet that jettisoning an illegal immigrant&#8217;s right to workers&#8217; compensation claims will be the subject of at least one piece of corrective legislation when S.C. lawmakers reconvene [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Oh, you're kidding, right?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Oh, you're kidding, right?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To review: the Court ruled the way the law said to rule. Also, in addressing poor carmen's comment (which I do honestly sympathize with), doesn't it sound like the bigger issue is health care, not the illegal workers?  You noted your wife's illness --nothing with worker's comp could have fixed that, illegals or no. "Pre-existing condition" is one of the greatest evils of the current system as well; even if you had gotten timely care with worker's comp, you still would be stuck paying for care following the injury for years to come.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To review: the Court ruled the way the law said to rule. Also, in addressing poor carmen&#8217;s comment (which I do honestly sympathize with), doesn&#8217;t it sound like the bigger issue is health care, not the illegal workers?  You noted your wife&#8217;s illness &#8211;nothing with worker&#8217;s comp could have fixed that, illegals or no. &#8220;Pre-existing condition&#8221; is one of the greatest evils of the current system as well; even if you had gotten timely care with worker&#8217;s comp, you still would be stuck paying for care following the injury for years to come.</p>
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		<title>By: carmen</title>
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		<dc:creator>carmen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it,s all a bunch of crap!  i have a few comments,i work for myself in construction &#38; have paid for workers comp, i was injured in 2002 &#38; after 5yrs of winning appeals, i,m still waiting ,what gets me is if everyone agrees the first year why do they keep appealing spending gov,t money for 4more yrs (hopefully this will end soon)for what reason,but lets get the illegal working person paid,yep that,s makes a lot of sense,next comment health, in between changing my heath coverage my wife got sick spent 4 days in the hospital a nice $12,000  bill to boot but i was,nt covered at that moment,so i have to pay it ,next month she had a recurring problem another stay at the hosp. i,m covered now but pre- condition $ 8,000 more ,but if your illegal just stop at the hospital they treat you &#38; somewhere down the line  i get to pay for that too! you got to love this fucking system, i told my wife next time you tell them, (you no speak english) don,t have a s.s.# ,don,t live anywhere special, &#38; they will treat you anyway ,shit i,m on a roll one more my grandparents came from italy,they became citizens paid taxes all legally,but the funny thing the gov,t did,nt step up &#38; say boy we have to spend tons of money for italian in the school systems ,no they learned to speak english. i feel better for getting that off my chest,&#38; remember people ,if your lazy gov,t is,nt fixing the problem vote them out next time around!

                  happy new year</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it,s all a bunch of crap!  i have a few comments,i work for myself in construction &amp; have paid for workers comp, i was injured in 2002 &amp; after 5yrs of winning appeals, i,m still waiting ,what gets me is if everyone agrees the first year why do they keep appealing spending gov,t money for 4more yrs (hopefully this will end soon)for what reason,but lets get the illegal working person paid,yep that,s makes a lot of sense,next comment health, in between changing my heath coverage my wife got sick spent 4 days in the hospital a nice $12,000  bill to boot but i was,nt covered at that moment,so i have to pay it ,next month she had a recurring problem another stay at the hosp. i,m covered now but pre- condition $ 8,000 more ,but if your illegal just stop at the hospital they treat you &amp; somewhere down the line  i get to pay for that too! you got to love this fucking system, i told my wife next time you tell them, (you no speak english) don,t have a s.s.# ,don,t live anywhere special, &amp; they will treat you anyway ,shit i,m on a roll one more my grandparents came from italy,they became citizens paid taxes all legally,but the funny thing the gov,t did,nt step up &amp; say boy we have to spend tons of money for italian in the school systems ,no they learned to speak english. i feel better for getting that off my chest,&amp; remember people ,if your lazy gov,t is,nt fixing the problem vote them out next time around!</p>
<p>                  happy new year</p>
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		<title>By: SC Lawyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>SC Lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ The Observer:  Well said!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ The Observer:  Well said!</p>
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		<title>By: annonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>annonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is either Will Ferrell or a zombie - the bite marks on his neck, his pale demeanor, and his open mouth slack-jawed stare clearly give him away.  I saw that Will Smith movie and Im heading to my basement laboratory as soon as possible. 

p.s. It was probably the dirty Mexicans that brought the zombie plague here to our sleepy perfect state to begin with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is either Will Ferrell or a zombie - the bite marks on his neck, his pale demeanor, and his open mouth slack-jawed stare clearly give him away.  I saw that Will Smith movie and Im heading to my basement laboratory as soon as possible. </p>
<p>p.s. It was probably the dirty Mexicans that brought the zombie plague here to our sleepy perfect state to begin with.</p>
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		<title>By: The Observer</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Observer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jeff Seawell,

I agree with you that the rights to Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps should not be offered to those here illegally because that is just a free ride. But if a man/woman is doing a job, then they should have the same rights if they are injured, regardless of nationality or whether or not they entered legally or illegally.  The employer must bear some if not all the respinsibilty here..whether that is personally or through his/her WC premiums.

The theory of let's deport all the illegals is not only a ridicolous statement, it would shut down the economy, especially here in SC.  I used to work for the Employment Security Comm. in the unemployment claims division....the jobs that the illegals take are the ones the US citizens turned down because it was A) Not enough Money B)Too Long of Hours C) Outside Work D) No benefits

We have gotten lazy as society.  There are plenty of jobs available...just look at our farms, hotels, construction sites, landcsape crews, etc...the jobs are there, but our society would rather not do those jobs...and they have to be done..so Jeff, what do you propose?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeff Seawell,</p>
<p>I agree with you that the rights to Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps should not be offered to those here illegally because that is just a free ride. But if a man/woman is doing a job, then they should have the same rights if they are injured, regardless of nationality or whether or not they entered legally or illegally.  The employer must bear some if not all the respinsibilty here..whether that is personally or through his/her WC premiums.</p>
<p>The theory of let&#8217;s deport all the illegals is not only a ridicolous statement, it would shut down the economy, especially here in SC.  I used to work for the Employment Security Comm. in the unemployment claims division&#8230;.the jobs that the illegals take are the ones the US citizens turned down because it was A) Not enough Money B)Too Long of Hours C) Outside Work D) No benefits</p>
<p>We have gotten lazy as society.  There are plenty of jobs available&#8230;just look at our farms, hotels, construction sites, landcsape crews, etc&#8230;the jobs are there, but our society would rather not do those jobs&#8230;and they have to be done..so Jeff, what do you propose?</p>
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		<title>By: Silence Dogood</title>
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		<dc:creator>Silence Dogood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jeffery,

You noted "Illegal aliens have zero rights period, they are here illegally," obviously that is not the case and merely an opinion since our Supreme Court, that of several other states (to include their legislatures) and the U.S. Supreme Court have found that not to be the case.

While I understand arguments for punishing, creating disincentives, and making barriers to illegal immigrations, to say that illegal immigrants have "zero rights period" is obviously incorrect and would a ludicrous thing to even argue for considering just how far such blanketed rule would go.

If you or a child of your or relative ever find yourself somewhere illegally, whether intentionally, or unintentionally (i.e. some one else's yard, a cross walk when the light is red, knocking on the door of  a house with a no tresspassing not too clearly posted - et cetera) is it your argument that you should have zero rights, period?  You can't be serious.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeffery,</p>
<p>You noted &#8220;Illegal aliens have zero rights period, they are here illegally,&#8221; obviously that is not the case and merely an opinion since our Supreme Court, that of several other states (to include their legislatures) and the U.S. Supreme Court have found that not to be the case.</p>
<p>While I understand arguments for punishing, creating disincentives, and making barriers to illegal immigrations, to say that illegal immigrants have &#8220;zero rights period&#8221; is obviously incorrect and would a ludicrous thing to even argue for considering just how far such blanketed rule would go.</p>
<p>If you or a child of your or relative ever find yourself somewhere illegally, whether intentionally, or unintentionally (i.e. some one else&#8217;s yard, a cross walk when the light is red, knocking on the door of  a house with a no tresspassing not too clearly posted - et cetera) is it your argument that you should have zero rights, period?  You can&#8217;t be serious.</p>
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		<title>By: Gal Leo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gal Leo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Earl:

You betcha.  The text under the glorious leader's mug reads "The Workers' struggle has no borders."

It strikes me that the guy holding the sign is not Hispanic...and the message is clearly addresses something other than immigration.....which may give some insight as to who is involved in the sorts of organizations pictured. My guess is that if you could read the web address on the poster it would be something like killthecapitalistpigs.org.

PS:  Isn't that Will Ferrell peeking out from behind the poster in the foreground?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earl:</p>
<p>You betcha.  The text under the glorious leader&#8217;s mug reads &#8220;The Workers&#8217; struggle has no borders.&#8221;</p>
<p>It strikes me that the guy holding the sign is not Hispanic&#8230;and the message is clearly addresses something other than immigration&#8230;..which may give some insight as to who is involved in the sorts of organizations pictured. My guess is that if you could read the web address on the poster it would be something like killthecapitalistpigs.org.</p>
<p>PS:  Isn&#8217;t that Will Ferrell peeking out from behind the poster in the foreground?</p>
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		<title>By: Darrell Jenkins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darrell Jenkins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I mean, these people are here ILLEGALLY. They bring all kinds of bad stuff in this country like guns, gangs, drugs, communicable diseases, and crappy goods that smell like cat urine. I have even heard rumors that they eat their young. I also heard they they are secretly plotting to annex the US for Mexico. This is CRAZY. Remember the Alamo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I mean, these people are here ILLEGALLY. They bring all kinds of bad stuff in this country like guns, gangs, drugs, communicable diseases, and crappy goods that smell like cat urine. I have even heard rumors that they eat their young. I also heard they they are secretly plotting to annex the US for Mexico. This is CRAZY. Remember the Alamo.</p>
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		<title>By: Cal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The hysteria continues.  Immigrants are not here to draw workers comp, they are her to work and make money doing jobs that most Americans dont want.  If I pay a wokers comp premium, I am paying it based on my payroll and the job that my emplyees perform.  It's got nothing to do with nationality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The hysteria continues.  Immigrants are not here to draw workers comp, they are her to work and make money doing jobs that most Americans dont want.  If I pay a wokers comp premium, I am paying it based on my payroll and the job that my emplyees perform.  It&#8217;s got nothing to do with nationality.</p>
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