popeye1250
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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u And we are back to the ends justifying the means for those seeking a better life for themselves and their children.The niceties of our laws and immigration quotas do not deter them....niether will your condemnation.Sorry tazzy....but claiming that they should just respect our laws is more than a little silly it is also unrealistic. "Seeking a better life for themselves and their children." Awwww Mike, doesn't that just conjure up some nice, heartwarming sugarplum visions! I can just see that in an advertisement by "La Raza; "Someday maybe little Juan here will be a .....Dentist!" Too bad they couldn't fast forward twenty years eh? Why is the U.S. the only country that still "needs" immigration in the year 2010? We don't see any other country that "needs" immigration with the possable exception of Russia who's population is declining. But, if you go to Russia you don't get any,.....benefits! The U.S. is a mature country now just like the European countries, we don't "need" anymore immigration with the possable exception of very highly skilled jobs but that's due to the needs of "big business.". In my area the unemployment rate is somewhere between 14 and 17 %!!! And I can assure you with a good deal of confidence that we have *no shortage* of high school dropouts or people with "degrees" to pick local produce, clean hotel rooms, work at fast food places, carwashes, be lawn jockeys or to do any other type of unskilled labor yet they still have kids from all over Eastern Europe and Russia here during the summer to work at the beach resorts for less than the locals. And this area isn't even close to being one of the worst areas in the country for unemployment! Look at Michigan and parts of Calif, Ohio and many other states. I think some areas of Michigan have a 40% unemployment rate! And unless we get out of those "free trade" deals that are just"outsourcing deals," we'll *never* have a "shortage" of unskilled labor! And some in the Press and Washington are calling this situation; "The new normal!" When Ross Perot said that getting involved in "NAFTA" would be, "a race to the bottom" I don't think he truly understood how absolutely right he was! Your "concern" for people in foreign countries I think is misplaced. In the next few years things are going to get awful tough in the U.S. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/useconomyfinancegeithner Anyone believe "Tiny Tim" Geithner? Notice the use of the word "gradually", boy, that sure covers a LOT of area doesn't it? His view seems to be in direct contrast with Ben Bernanke. "The economy will ***gradually*** get better." "You mean in like,... five years?" "No, I mean ***gradually***."
< Message edited by popeye1250 -- 7/24/2010 1:25:42 PM >
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