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The Right Papers

I could have earned a penny more If I had the right papers Would have paid tax of the little for sure If I had the right papers The man who pays us under the table Works us for nothing because he is able I could have believed in all this stuff If they gave me papers Every web glistens, every speech a bluff Without the proper papers Self interest is the only game here, friend We are dragnetted as slaves, why pretend?

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Marcella Santos

Date: 5/15/2012 5:06:00 PM

I second that L'Nass and Josie...there is already a curse on this minimum wage here in the UK, but without the right papers people work for even less and that isn't right at all!!!

Marcella Santos

Date: 5/15/2012 5:05:00 PM

I second that L'Nass and Josie...there is already a curse on this minimum wage here in the UK, but without the right papers people work for even less and that isn't right at all!!!

Josie Whitehead

Date: 5/12/2012 2:27:00 PM

I'm afraid this is the case the world over - - and it's just NOT right!!! In Britain we have a minimum wage, but if you want casual work and are from abroad you will find it - - - at the right price. Not right at all.