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Originally Posted by samhass
I certainly wish "There are no jobs Americans won't do," was true. The question is how well will they do those jobs? Many of our offspring have an incredible sense of entitlement. I still contend that a man/woman unwilling
to give you an honest days labor at a lower wage scale will not work any better at a higher wage. It's about work ethic and many Americans need a healthy dose. I am not painting all Americans with this brush. Many of us have worked exceptionally hard and have sacrificed to live the American dream. Many are still doing so. I just don't buy into the argument that all Americans are hardworking. I do know many Americans will not be willing to pay the price of goods if we get rid of all the alien laborers.
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So then it is perfectly fine to:
1.pay people below minimum wage.
2.not pay FICA, state unemployment insurance and the employer pocket the money.
3. expect county indigent health care funds to cover the health coverage of these workers and their families
4. condone identity theft via phony SS Cards and other ID cards
5. keep factories and other such facilities at below-OSHA requirements because the labor won't complain out of fear of being deported
6. continue having more and more jobs get "demoted" in pay and working conditions because there's always an illegal willing to do the job at any money
7. turn a blind eye on the living conditions of most illegals who try to live on slave wages because "out of sight, oout of mind"
8. and tthe biggest of them all - ignore 1-7 above because I don't want the prices of my goods to go up, no matter who gets hurt along the way.
I understand the motivation of the illegal allien who will do anything to support his/her family. I also understand and have seen first-hand over-and-over-again the results of the employer extortion and exploitation of these people - all to lower overhead and rise profits - knowing full well that most American consumers don't care, as long as the price of lettuce doesn't go over $2 a head, meat doesn't cost more, the grass gets cut cheaper than the lawn service which pays its employees according to the law of the land, and all such situations.
It's amazing how we can complain when our jobs and benefits get leveled or reduced, but don't give a hoot about the REAL economic slavery going on all around us.
And Chels - all the Bush bashing in the world has nothing to do with sleight-of-hand funding for ACORN, NEA, condom delivery and the other pork products which have NOTHING to do with any economic stimulus. George Bush is out of office - get over it - and if Pres Obama delivers on his campaign promises, GOOD! So far, he has hedged and reneged on his "consensus with tthe people" and anti-pork rhetoric, and is a willing participant in getting special interests funded through buried line items in the DEMOCRATIC-WRITTEN stimulus bill. So far, he's just shown himself as the Reid/Pelosi cheerleader on party-partisan, budget-swelling, payback-to-special-interest legislation. I don't care if he has been in office two days or two years. You don't get a "breaking-in period" as President - and he and his party leadership know that.
Oh yeah - condom makers, "artists" funded by NEA and ACORN employees need their jobs protected, too. What a crock!