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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:36 PM Original message |
If the US closes its borders, stops illegal entirely. Who will do the jobs |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, if no more jobs created, and the social safety net is stripped |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. exactly...I'd be happy to take a job |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Would you accept a job with the same pay and conditions as the ones |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. You can't because most of them are below min. wage/violate labor standards |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Which would mean that they'd have to pay you more and pass that cost |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I think it's a worthy cost |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. The GOP will never do anything about illegal immigration |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's the 700-lb gorilla in the room of the immigration debate... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. you mean americans are NO LONGER clamoring |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. True dat. Union-busters took care of that... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. yes sir (ma'am?) it has. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's why there's not as much anti-immigrant sentiment in Texas |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Generations of immigrants took low paying jobs--- |
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FlavaKreemSnak (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Having 3 jobs is uniquely American, so all who have only 1 or 2 |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ironically, many freeps (the corporatist type) agree |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Many illegals do manual labor like roofing and construction. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. this is 100% correct |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. well imo? |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Make the welfare queens work those jobs! Its an honest days work |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. When I hear Welfare Queen.......... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. it's not a bad idea, imo. |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Forced labor to work in the fields? I have a problem with that. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. who said forced? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Please....keep the borders open!... |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. The economy would drop, everyone would lose thier jobs. |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. If a person is "too good" to take those jobs |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Right, the compensation for a tedious painful job should be |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. So are you saying.......... |
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wideopen (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. It's a lot more complicated |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I've seen both.............. |
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wideopen (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. bad example I guess |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. If EVERYONE refused to work for slave wages, |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. As the boomers retire, the worker will be at a premium and wages |
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SnoopDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. My dad use to say... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. Your mistaken in the fact that they only take those jobs. |
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rene moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. How many do you know? |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You have heard of fake I.D.'s |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. Employers can legally bring in lots of Mexicans and Jamaicans etc. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. The wage will be raised by at least a couple dollars per hour |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. I've worked with a lot of poor people, and... |
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lastknowngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. So we should compeate with 3rd world countrys for salries |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It is not true. |
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