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On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:44:59 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:40:36 -0800, wrote:

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:16:00 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:49:32 -0800, wrote:

It sure sounds like you support illegal immigration. You certainly
fight any effort to return the illegals.
As long as we have illegals here who will work for substandard wages
it cannibalizes the legitimate labor market it drives down the cost of
labor for everyone.

Geez, now you have me talking like Harry

I do? Please show me where I said that I do that.

It does NOT drive down the wages of "everyone." That's nonsense. I
suppose you're going to claim doctors/lawyers have to take lower wages
because of migrant farm workers...

OK not "everyone" just the lower 80% of the population. The working
class.

It is a fact that all working class wages stack on the lowest price of
labor and move up from there. I am sure you want a high minimum wage
but, strangely, you support a whole economy of illegals who work for a
fraction of that amount.

Really? How are plumbers affected by migrant farm workers?

When they hire helpers.
A tomato picker will also dig trenches for plumbers when the tomato
crop is on the truck. (or any number of other "labor" jobs that might
get a real employee if the illegal labor wasn't there)
Harry would say a union sanctioned apprentice

Hahaha... that's funny! All those plumbers running around in cities
hiring farm workers to dig trenches! No doubt! None at all!

In the construction industry there was a lot of work for illegals when
the journeymen had all the skilled work they could handle. That is not
really true right now and a lot of them went home. The skilled trade
is doing all of the work now, just to have work
Actually I was talking to the VP of the biggest building supply around
here and he says they have called the bottom and see the building
business coming back here. I imagine the labor will start trickling
back if ICE doesn't keep up the pace.

The fact still remains, if the illegal labor is not available they
have to hire "legal" help and they will be paying a better wage.

Feel free to go out to the tomato field and take a job. Give us a
break. You need to wise up and stop blaming farm workers for all your
problems.