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In article , (John E. Jaku-Hing) wrote:

(Henry Blackmoore) wrote in message
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In article , Harry Krause
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Cheap labor...the dream of Republicans everywhere. If you want a sea
change, do what you can to ensure Bush does not steal a second term. The
Bush-ites don't give a crap about working men and women.

Which is why of course the Democrats just love illegal aliens and out of
control immigration because all of those migrant folks just love to take
"jobs that nobody wants". Their willingness and ability to work for less
surely -) enhances the benefit/wage packages that the average American worker
receives. After all, the more workers vying for average jobs the more that
employers are willing to pay the average Joe right?

(Plus most of em' [illegals] are future Democrats to continue the
chain/cycle)

And of course let us not forget NAFTA that wonderful boon to the average
working man and woman in this country. And signed into law by a Demorcrat
President too! Workers all over the country are indebted for that courageous
signing and act.

Gotta hand it to dem' dere Demokratz, they sure look out for the average
AMERICAN citizen.

They do take the jobs that nobody wants. Do you want to work at a car
wash all day sweating your ass off? Nope.

And they water down the wage rates and benefit packages which undercuts
many skilled workers.

And the resulting product leaves much to be desired on the part of the
American consumer.

I have personally witnessed whole blocks of residential housing being built
without anybody that can speak English building them. Pseudo electricians
without any form of license or proof of qualifications, pseudo plumbers etc..
etc.. and these homes have NUMEROUS code violations.

How can a proper home be built by unqualified workers who can't possibly
read the National Electrical Code because they can't speak English and
their own education from their native country is on the grade-school level?

Taking jobs that nobody wants? Hardly. However a qualified, intelligent
and skilled electrician would certainly look elsewhere rather than work
for the watered down peanut wages that most homebuilders offer. Home
builders get away with these insulting wages (and code violations) by
exploiting immigrant workers AND taking advantage of over-worked
and underpaid city code enforcement officers any way that they can.

You are forgetting simple supply and demand factors that are covered
by economics 101. Too much supply equals reduced wages and
benefits. Quite simple. The allowing of hordes of illegal aliens
reduces the wage and benefits packages for many Americans.

But, there's a problem
when an Indian, whose education and living expenses are often
government subsidized (ergo no student debt), attempts to steal a job
from a highly educated person just because they cost a lot less. A
shame that companies have learned a painful lesson by embracing the
tactic too quickly, with the breached privacy, inferior quality, and
backlash among the U.S. workforce. The real shame is, when a recovery
is in the works after the imminent demographic switch (retirees
fleeing the job market), they are the ones who'll be interviewed by
the interviewees. Have you ever offshored a major component of your
business? Yes, see ya!

My business is staffed by family and friends and those that I know
and trust when I need them (as in American citizens). I would
rather go out of business than hire illegal aliens or 'offshore' portions
of it to foreign workers.