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Thread #90266   Message #2099373
Posted By: Ron Davies
10-Jul-07 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tancredo: Democrats' Best Friend
Subject: RE: BS: Tancredo: Democrats' Best Friend
Rig--

Sorry, you can't just import the cream--or turn the immigration spigot off. Many countries have in the past been concerned about a brain drain----to the US. But there are other jobs that need to be done in the US. Do you honestly think that without Hispanics, there'd be enough Americans to pick peaches, lettuce, etc? It's backbreaking, boring, work--and my guess is nobody wants to do it except as a first step on the economic ladder. And I don't hold that attitude against fruitpickers. Do you? They get little enough recognition--and pay--as it is. They'd get more pay if they were legal--then there'd be less chance they could be exploited--that's why we should be pushing for less illegal immigration--by making more legal immigration possible--and a sizable rise in the minimum wage.

Haven't you heard "Deportees"?

I'm fully aware of the problem of overpopulation--but I say, yet again, the solution is
education--not an unrealistic notion of slamming the door.