Reply #7: Depends.

[BiggJawn]

If the Anglo employers are paying less than they can get an Anglo to do the job for ($6 an hour is NOT a fair wage for unclogging sewers!) then it's STILL exploitation.

And suppose we started having native-born Murkans living 30 to a house and pooling resources and sharing one piece of ID to bank with and agreeing to work for $3 an hour, no bennies, would that be exploitation, or just "proof" that there's NOTHING good ol' yankee ingenuitiy can't overcome?

Because that's where it'd wind up. I can't imagine what kind of "standard of living" you'd have to lower yourself to in order to become "competitive" with Illegal Immigrants, but I got a sick feeling Capital would DEARLY love for us to find out.

Sounds a little like Hanoi John's claim that "Americans wouldn't pick lettuce if you offered 'em FIFTY bucks an hour!" if you ask me...