I've Been Accused of being Liberal. Okay I'm laying my cards on the table
Bull. You can get Americans to do those jobs if you pay a decent wage. You cannot convince me for one second that if you pay a decent wage to workers in crop fields and meat plants, that you won't be able to find LEGAL Americans to do those jobs. We have go to stop companies from getting away with the crime of hiring illegals at $2.00 and hour and making a huge profit off of them. It's the legals who are suffering because of it.
And, as far as Iraq, who said it was part of the War on Terror? Believe me, it's not, and I fought there. Withdraw the troops in phases and use them to actually hunt terrorists instead of trying to officiate a civil war. If the new defense sec. and James Baker can change the way we do business in Iraq, then fine. But if we continue like we're are, get 'em out NOW.
OK.....you are forgiven for not knowing.....do you know what are these companies PAYING the illegals an hour??......do you really think they pay them $2/hr???....do you think they're getting the minimum wage??
If you have no idea what are the hourly wages......let me ask you something.....do you agree with the notion that the free market should dictate the pay of the workers??......or, you subscribe to the notion that the market shouldn't be the one determining the right wages for a job done??.....
OK......just for discussion purposes, I tell you that the hourly wages at these plants are over $14/hr.......right now is between 14.50, or 14.75/hr (and I know that, cause my neighbor is working there, and he told me that.....btw, he's Mexican too, but he's legal).......do you think that is a fair amount for their production, or is it A DISCRIMINATION, and these wages are soooooooo low, that it sucks out the lifeblood of these poor souls!?!
Yet NOT ONE AMERICAN WANTS THESE JOBS!!....NOT ONE!......my neighbor told me that where he's working there isn't ONE WHITE , OR BLACK AMERICAN WHO WORKS THERE! NOT ONE!......imagine that!.....an industry where the only producers are foreigners!
Please, don't give me the discrimination angle......none of these Mexicans feel discriminated.... BUT ALL THE ILLEGALS WANT is for the companies to pay them UNDER THE TABLE, so they won't have to pay the taxes our Gov. takes out of their paychecks!!......maybe you agree that it shouldn't be that way??!!
The war on Iraq is for ONE REASON ONLY!.....is funny how people don't know that!......we're there, b/c we don't want to fight them here!.....and since 9/11 they haven't had a chance moving the fight to our soil!
thanks to our "misguided" leaders.........or should I say, "ex-misguided" leaders...