What America Owes its 'Illegals' (Ultra Barf Alert!)

The Nation ^ | June 12, 2007 | Barbara Ehrenreich

[ROTB]

In the good old days, teenagers used to do these jobs.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sometimes, though Chevy Chase is the one singing it. =8-0

[Bernard]

Apparently the author considers identity theft to be a victimless crime. I feel so....enlightened.

[Alouette]

It’s Barbara Ehrenreich and The Nation, automatic double barf.

Barbara Ehrenreich thinks fast-food workers should be paid the same as salaried engineers, but she doesn’t want to spend $250 for a burger.

[potlatch]

Lol, that’s good! Bull meaning Bullheaded I suppose? Or you may have a different meaning entirely as you often do.

[Tammy8]

What we owe to the illegals is a swift kick in the pants back over the border.

[Nathan Zachary]

"HA....I wonder how many illegals she has hired for work around her domicile....."

Quite a few judging by the width of her fat @ss.

It's obvious that she don't leave her sanctuary very often. I wold just love to drop her off in the middle of a illegal criminal nieghborhood with no money, phone,ID and make her walk back out, passing through the nieghborhoods which border these areas. maybe her opinion of "poor illegal Mexicans" who cut grass and pick vegetables, clean toilets will be altered to include reality.

[blackbart.223]

"In the good old days, teenagers used to do these jobs."

In the good old days I mowed lawns and washed dishes for spending money. And I am an American citizen. Shocker.

[Vigilanteman]

Supposing all this crap is true which, I don't for a minute. Shouldn't the poor from other countries have the same access to these opportunities as Latinos? Mexico is by no means the poorest country in the world.

So if they can tap our generosity by doing jobs Americans won't do, why not just let in the poor from Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and a score of other countries who need the jobs more and will do them for less?

Is there any limit to the number of people this country can hold?

Just a little quiz:

1. The population density of Mexico is most comparable to which U.S. state? (a)New York, (b)California (c)Tennessee (d)Ohio.
   
2. The population density of Bangladesh is most comparable to which U.S. state or city? (a)Wisconsin, (b)Rhode Island, (c)New Jersey, (d)Corpus Christi, Texas.
   
3. The population density of Argentina is most comparable to which U.S. state? (a)South Dakota, (b)Colorado, (c)Arkansas, (d)Georgia.
   
4. Zimbabwe has a population density most comparable with which U.S. state? (a)Minnesota, (b)Alabama, (c)Illinois, (d)Indiana.
   
5. Cuba has a population density most comparable with which U.S. state? (a)California, (b)Florida, (c)Ohio, (d)Pennsylvania.

Do you suppose many or most of the people in the five countries named would like to come to the United States? Do we have room for them all? Which are the most deserving?

[devolve]

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Try the other end of the bull!

[potlatch]

Yes, I saw the BS’er in another post.

[Tammy8]

Illegals make up 4.4% of the workforce according to the US Dept of Labor. They make about 2.2% of the GDP for America. The rest of GDP is done by the real backbone of the US economy which is the legal worker!

Now how can that possibly be true when there are so many "jobs that Americans won't do." /s

[TheSpottedOwl]

Sounds like the author has illegals working for her, and hates the thought of having to pay a legal worker legal wages. Either that or she’s smoking some darn good pot.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Last year, after Hurricane Katrina and my business being destoyed in Biloxi MS; I moved to Dallas/Ft Worth and was hired as a supervisor at the employment & welfare office. The “clients” receive: TANF (cash money), food stamps, gas money or bus passes, laptop computers w/Internet access, job counseling, clothing, Section 8 subsidized housing, Medicaid, and lots more!! Illegals are eligible for all these benefits.

[Nathan Zachary]

That’s why I say “we the people” should have a tax revolt. They can’t throw us all in jail, and they can’t kick us out of the country.
Enough is enough.

[Tzimisce]

We should give illegals jobs as journalists. The crap the media churns out now would is worth about a nickel an hour....

[wai-ming]

They've been mowing the lawns, cleaning the offices, hammering the nails and picking the tomatoes, not to mention all that dish-washing, diaper-changing, meat-packing and poultry-plucking.

And they were paid for it. They didn't come into the country to work for free. Illegal aliens are not Mother Teresa.

They took a risk in order to reap benefits for themselves and their families. The risk to them is being caught and deported, and it's a very low risk at present.

If we want to reduce the number of illegal immigrants, we need to increase the risk or decrease the benefits. Ms. Ehrenreich wants to do just the opposite. Yeah, that will help.

[blackbart.223]

"They can’t throw us all in jail, and they can’t kick us out of the country."

They would make a better effort at it than they do against border jumpers. Slaves are better subjects than independent thinkers.

[flat]

hahaaaha no, you gotta put him up forever and pay for his food, for his clothes and for his healthcare and if he has kids.....well me bucko........ you gotta pay for them too...

kum—bye—eeya.... gringo-man.

[Travis McGee]

All right, they committed a "crime"--the international equivalent of breaking and entry. But breaking and entry is usually a prelude to a much worse crime, like robbery or rape.

She must be one of those "run into a corner, dial 911 and hope for the best" liberals.

Where I'm from, breaking and entering gets you SHOT. You don't get a chance to rob or rape, cause you're DEAD.