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<blockquote data-quote="JimJimmyJames" data-source="post: 525961" data-attributes="member: 11425"><p>wkmac, sometimes I think there might be a conspiracy to destroy American labor. When American labor was at it's zenith, when the average worker had a job for life with benefits and a retirement package (like we have at UPS), the elite in this country, in their lust for ever more power and money, and probably born out of a kind of class warfare in that they just could not stand that the average guy would enjoy so much of the fruits of his own labor, decided to move jobs and factories out of the country. But what of the jobs that could not be moved? Well, we allow massive immigration to compete with the native born worker. I would believe this, if I was the conspiracy type <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":biggrin:" title="Biggrin :biggrin:" data-shortname=":biggrin:" />.</p><p> </p><p>And let me state this right now, this is in direct contrast to legitimate trade and legitimate immigration. What, pray tell, am I talking about? </p><p> </p><p>Legitimate trade is when we trade with a nation that has something that we do not have. Or it is a foreign company that sells it's wares here and competes with domestic industry based on quality, not on an artificially lowered price. One thing for damn sure it is not is a domestic company closing it's domestic factories and exploiting a foreign population by setting up shop overseas and then selling those products back to it's domestic customers.</p><p> </p><p>Legitimate immigration is where we seek the best and brightest from around the world who sincerely desire to join us in our grand experiment in creating the greatest country on earth. It is not allowing mass illegal immigration in order to unfairly lower wages for increased profits. And remember, though that first generation of immigrant comes here and works their asses off to create a better life, do we really believe that the second generation, Americanized, will work as hard as the first? Or will they see the work their parents did as beneath them, but lacking the skills and education that many in the lower rungs of society have, rely then on the government for support? And that brings me to what immigration also is not, a government program to expand the voter rolls of people who will look to the government for their needs, thus perpetuating ever more government paternalism. And thus, ever more government.</p><p> </p><p>Thats all I have the wind to write tonight. It all boils down to this: can the US find a way to survive and prosper without being exploitative (I know that is a word liberals throw around but it is the most appropriate). Also, will we ever learn to create sustainability?</p><p> </p><p>P.S. I think all of us who have participated in this thread would agree, on some level, that we do have an immigration problem. We just might disagree as to the root causes or what the solution should be. </p><p> </p><p>I think we should prosecute the employers. As Sober suggested, they are the Americans who are breaking the law by hiring those they know they should not. Fine them $10,000 per infraction.</p><p> </p><p>Like we would ever see that happen <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group2/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Rolleyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimJimmyJames, post: 525961, member: 11425"] wkmac, sometimes I think there might be a conspiracy to destroy American labor. When American labor was at it's zenith, when the average worker had a job for life with benefits and a retirement package (like we have at UPS), the elite in this country, in their lust for ever more power and money, and probably born out of a kind of class warfare in that they just could not stand that the average guy would enjoy so much of the fruits of his own labor, decided to move jobs and factories out of the country. But what of the jobs that could not be moved? Well, we allow massive immigration to compete with the native born worker. I would believe this, if I was the conspiracy type :biggrin:. And let me state this right now, this is in direct contrast to legitimate trade and legitimate immigration. What, pray tell, am I talking about? Legitimate trade is when we trade with a nation that has something that we do not have. Or it is a foreign company that sells it's wares here and competes with domestic industry based on quality, not on an artificially lowered price. One thing for damn sure it is not is a domestic company closing it's domestic factories and exploiting a foreign population by setting up shop overseas and then selling those products back to it's domestic customers. Legitimate immigration is where we seek the best and brightest from around the world who sincerely desire to join us in our grand experiment in creating the greatest country on earth. It is not allowing mass illegal immigration in order to unfairly lower wages for increased profits. And remember, though that first generation of immigrant comes here and works their asses off to create a better life, do we really believe that the second generation, Americanized, will work as hard as the first? Or will they see the work their parents did as beneath them, but lacking the skills and education that many in the lower rungs of society have, rely then on the government for support? And that brings me to what immigration also is not, a government program to expand the voter rolls of people who will look to the government for their needs, thus perpetuating ever more government paternalism. And thus, ever more government. Thats all I have the wind to write tonight. It all boils down to this: can the US find a way to survive and prosper without being exploitative (I know that is a word liberals throw around but it is the most appropriate). Also, will we ever learn to create sustainability? P.S. I think all of us who have participated in this thread would agree, on some level, that we do have an immigration problem. We just might disagree as to the root causes or what the solution should be. I think we should prosecute the employers. As Sober suggested, they are the Americans who are breaking the law by hiring those they know they should not. Fine them $10,000 per infraction. Like we would ever see that happen :rolleyes:. [/QUOTE]
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