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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd find out what a cheap landscaping company would do it for (call around and get 3 bids) and charge that or maybe $5 less. In my area, lawn mowing/edging/etc is VERY competitively priced and the teens can't really compete because the crews have fast guys, professional equipment that is well setup to get it done fast, and charge really cheap prices. $30 for an 8000 sq ft lawn, mowed, edged/trimmed, and clippings blown off all pavement. [/quote]

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For $5 less, why would I use a teen rather than a professional company who will stand behind their work (with backup if a crew member is ill, has liability insurance, experience, etc.?)  It needs to be significantly less than a professional company, even a cheap landscaping company.[/quote]

[b]Sorry but you suck! [/b] Those cheap lanscaping crews are illegal immigrants.  They may be cheaper on the front end but your taxes are going to ESOL, FARMS, welfare, subsidized housing, food stamps, ICE, etc...  It looks like little Havana around here so the rich can have cheap maids and landscapers.

OP, good for your son trying to do honest work. I once remember a time high schoolers worked at the mall, fast food, department stores, landscaping and food courts. Now illegal immigrants have taken those jobs and now demanding higher minimum wage because what was once part time jobs for high schoolers and college kids are now somehow "careers" for these lazy federal law breakers. And we enable them and our kids can not find any employment. Pathetic! [/quote]

First, you should watch the way you communicate with others.  Second, I have no problem if my tax dollars are going to things to help families who need the money.  You are mixing apples and oranges because [b]ILLEGAL immigrants aren't getting government money not connected to school.[/b]  Third, the landscaping crew my professional company uses sends out the same two guys each time.  Both are blonde, American, and in their 20s, and attend NOVA.  [/quote]

Really?  You are completely misinformed.  [/quote]

Really?  I guess CNN is as well:  http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/20/news/economy/immigration-myths/  Quoting from the article: "Myth #3: They drain the system -- Undocumented immigrants do [b]not[/b] qualify for welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, and most other public benefits. Most of these programs require proof of legal immigration status and under the 1996 welfare law, even legal immigrants cannot receive these benefits until they have been in the United States for more than five years."

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