The native language is American Indian but since we screwed them royally, the language of this country is English.

I was afraid to say it but I give you kudos for saying what I was thinking. If I moved anywhere else I would be forced to assimilate into that society by speaking that language. No one would be printing forms in English to accommodate me. Nor would they have translators to assist me.

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And how stupid are we for providing it ???? No wonder the world laughs at us now.

That's true from a legal standpoint, but can anyone deny that English has been the native language of this country for the past 250 years?

Juts because a bunch of cowards in Washington decide not to make it "official" doesn't mean that we don't have a native language. We have a native language and I think that everyone understand that and knows what it is.

When our parents, grand parents or great grand parents came here from other countries they made it a point to learn our national language. They understood that to survive here they would need to learn to speak English.

For some reason, (maybe to get more votes) congress decided that it would be better if we all speak different languages and that the government would provide all of it's forms in every language in the world and that they government would provide translators for every person in this country that doesn't want to learn English. Gives the government a lot of power doesn't it?

This was not a country prior to the English settling here. It was open land occupied by tribes. The Native Americans had no common language or system of government.

The English came and established a country on this land.

Yes, they certainly did. But, would you have given them jobs involving communicating with English speaking people on the telephone.

My grandfather came here from Italy and had a very thick Italian accent. It would have been completely foolhardy to put him on a phone to do customer service for a company in this country.

Like I said, would you hire 5'4" 140 pound people to be on the offensive line of your NFL team? That not being prejudice or bigoted against small people. It's simply recognizing that they are not capable of doing a particular job. There are plenty of jobs that small people can do but playing on the offensive line is not one of them. There are plenty of good jobs for people that don't have good English skills, but communicating by phone in English with English speaking people is not one of them.

Some things are just too obvious and simple.

Our ancestors stole the land and murdered the Indians
why should they roll in their graves

Oh, I disagree. Almost every other country in the developed world teaches their young to speak English from the time they start school. We should not do that for the Hispanics and Asians that proliferate our country? Do you realize how hard it is for an adult to learn a second language? It's an established fact that the young learn a foreign language easily, because they learn it from a different part of the brain. Once you reach adulthood, it is an entirely different and more difficult process.

I don't have a problem at all with my tax dollars going to help immigrants who are not fluent in English to understand our laws and their rights.

Seriously? We speak English here and anyone who doesn't want to learn is free to leave at any time. Speak as you wish in your Country or your home but do not expect me to learn your language just to communicate with you. Millions have come here and WANTED to fit in with their new neighbors. What happened to that concept?

No one is forcing the corporations to outsource their customer service. They make that decision out of greed, at the expense of their customers. More appropriate to direct your angst at the root cause of the issue.

They make these decisions because they have one responsibility and that is to their shareholders to make a profit. That is what their responsibllty is.

If they did not, you would be complaining about your IRA or any investment you have going down the tubes.

You do not mention what you consider the root cause of the problem and that might be interesting to hear.

Wrong to blame corporations who are doing exactly what you, as a stock holder, want them to do.

Calls for tax code revision to allow corporations incentives to stay in this country are always greeted with catcalls.....but that is step one.

But allow us what you think the root cause might be.

The only problem that bothers me with this thread is the complaints of the original illegal immigrants.

So confusing, I agree with quirky and Bucco on this. Where is the compromise. I dislike outsourcing but I also would be upset with poor management of my financial interests. What is the solution? Could living with less profit be done with more jobs done by our neighbors. I don't know.

Yes, seriously. The times they are a-changing. I invite you to go try to learn a foreign language at your age and see how difficult it is. Then try to fill out a form in that language. Then go try to hire some Americans to go pick your fruit.