Re: So how did it affect you ?


James Beck wrote:

In article <44578490.C3FB37E0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, noone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
says...
mrdarrett@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Pooh Bear wrote:
Without the illegals ... oops sorry immigrants ... working ?

Graham

Day Without an Illegal... morning rush was VERY light. Very nice. We
need more days like this.

Only bad thing - garbage wasn't collected, for my whole neighborhood.
Called the county - they said they'll pick it up tomorrow. Gotta
wonder why the county hires illegals to pick up garbage...

Cute story from Southern Minnesota heard on local radio station:

Teacher is doing a Q&A with class. Student raises hand and asks
why we employ illegal immigrants. Teacher asks how many kids
plan to work in the local meat packing plant when they graduate.
Not a single hand was raised.
Yeah, they were all gonna' be ballerinas and astronauts......


Like most problems, this one has many facets and is not easily
solved. Illegal labor is like buying Walmart products. Everybody
wants the benefit of low cost while at the same time ignoring the
societal impact of our actions. Our good jobs go overseas because
the talent pool is less expensive while the jobs we don't want here
are filled by illegals.

If there are jobs available people will fill them.
I get so tired of the "They do jobs no Americans want" bull***.
My grandmother worked as a maid at the Disney Land Hotel for 25 years,
so don't tell me that only "illegals" will make the beds and cook the
food. It is just a flat out lie.

Well, that was the point of the story. No one did want to work there.
Life would have to be pretty tough before I would do it. I cack just
driving by the place.

Want to do and actually do are two different things. Check out the head count
at you local fast food outlet. Here in the tundra, it is 50 % Hispanic or better.
Meat and poultry operations are much greater than that. Local media reported
that both Armour and Hormel closed their plants in Southern Minnesota Monday.

My father left school after the 9th grade and spent most of his life working hellish
jobs. I have a lot of respect for that. I always have the option of working at those
types of jobs, but the likelihood that I would is very low. Not unless it was one of
the few options available to me. For many illegals, that is one of the few options
they do have.

I do think that a guest worker program would address some of those concerns.

Blakely



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