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Bottom-line mentality fuels illegal-immigrant crisis
The Seattle Times ^
| 25 Nov 2007
| Martin Walters
Posted on 11/25/2007 7:48:35 PM PST by BGHater
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posted on
11/25/2007 7:48:37 PM PST
by
BGHater
To: BGHater
No disagreement from me...
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posted on
11/25/2007 7:50:17 PM PST
by
chasio649
To: BGHater
Martin Walters is a friggin genius!
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posted on
11/25/2007 7:57:46 PM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
To: chasio649
No disagreement from me... As long as nobody believes that workplace enforcement is the only viable solution.
That doesn't stop the illegals who cross for reasons that have nothing to do with traditional work. Like it or not (directed at pro-illegal-immigration types) not all illegals are good hard-working people with the same family values we have.
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posted on
11/25/2007 7:58:28 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(~ Support our Troops ~ www.americasupportsyou.mil ~)
To: BGHater
IF President Bush and all his men were truly interested in slowing down the tide of illegal immigrants, all they would have to do is enforce current employment law.Absolutely! Agree 100%. But why don't they? Sadly the answer is the next sentence from the article: With American corporate profiteers willing and able to break laws to increase their bottom line, and our current leadership's willingness to ignore it, one can only expect future problems.
It's clear to me that President Bush does not want to stop illegal aliens from invading our country. If he did he would have done something substantial about it.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:00:05 PM PST
by
upchuck
(Hildabeaste as Prez... unimaginable, devastating misery! She will redefine "How bad can it get?")
To: BGHater
Whenever someone brings up this arguement, I always say “Hey, why don’t we just bring back slavery?” I love to see them backpaddle away from that arguement. It achieves all the same cheap labor goals that they want, but they only disagree with the moniker...
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:00:44 PM PST
by
When do we get liberated?
((Ok, Im the official Pit Bull Defender/If you can't stand behind our troops, stand in front of them.)
To: BGHater
I do not use illegals nor do I lie on my tax returns. The costs are greater, but I choose to be an American, and not a supporter of an invading army, which causes more harm to our nation than the benefits (none I can think of from illegals) for our nation. I do not disagree with the article. I wholeheartedly concur.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:01:54 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes. And Vote For Mr. Duncan Hunter, America! TLWNW)
To: All
When our safety nets are then required to catch an illegal immigrant, or an under-the-table hire, no funds have been collected for this cost. So guess who pays for their police, fire department, insurance and medical needs? As one popular author put it, Socialize the costs, privatize the profits.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:02:02 PM PST
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: When do we get liberated?
Whenever someone brings up this arguement, I always say Hey, why dont we just bring back slavery? I love to see them backpaddle away from that arguement. It achieves all the same cheap labor goals that they want, but they only disagree with the moniker...
illegals are *cheaper* than slaves. an illegal dies at your workplace? oh well, just get another one. disposable rental slaves that you don't have to house. What's not to like for a businessman?
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:03:09 PM PST
by
ketsu
To: BGHater
Is this editorial unusual for that publication? I thought all papers in that part of the land were lefty-loosey.
This makes me think of two of the pithy phrases to come out of this debate:
“The profits are privatized, the costs are socialized.”
“Importing a 19th-century work force into a 21st-century economy.”
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:03:40 PM PST
by
sinanju
To: BGHater
Thank you for posting this....some out there do understand.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:04:33 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes. And Vote For Mr. Duncan Hunter, America! TLWNW)
To: sinanju
Actually, it’s a write in opinion piece. I just didn’t know what column to check.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:05:18 PM PST
by
BGHater
(Lead. The MSG for the 21st Century.)
To: BGHater
IF President Bush and all his men were truly interested in slowing down the tide of illegal immigrants, all they would have to do is enforce current employment law.Has anyone yet realized that many illegals themselves have businesses and are employing people. We are way past the stage where we can just say, "It's business hiring them."
And those here illegally are not just doing meanial jobs. They own businesses selling satellite TV systems, car lots, restaurants, restaurant chains, car repair facilities, stores, sign companies, printing companies.
Where do the silly notions come from that it is the darn employers and those here illegally can only be found in a field, washing dishes or making beds at hotel?
Please, FR is supposed to be smarter than that.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:07:13 PM PST
by
BJungNan
To: BGHater
Our economy managed to survive the end of slavery/sharecropping/Jim Crow.
I find it difficult to believe that all of a sudden we cannot exist without a imported serf class. And just when DID illegal aliens suddenly become indispensable to the economy? Was it when I wasn’t looking? Sometime before 5-7 years ago?
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:07:27 PM PST
by
sinanju
To: BGHater; All
This political negligence serving the White House's constituents can be found if one "follows the money." Bush's proclamation that illegal immigrants are doing work Americans are not willing to do is laughable. America did just fine before this tsunami of immigrants, did it not? Yeah, back when white people used to have kids....
This is laughable--I spend a lotta time in Seattle, guess what is missing? Kids.... Plenty of illegals working in the restaurants, tho....
If you are in favor of lettuce under $5 a pound, you are in favor of illegal immigration.
To: BJungNan
‘enforce current employment law’
Does not change the tactic. I would hope you were legally in the US in order to work or operate a business.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:10:23 PM PST
by
BGHater
(Lead. The MSG for the 21st Century.)
To: BGHater
opps, only an opinion piece....that is sad. I actually thought the news was starting to publishing the real story, instead of publishing the illusion.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:10:31 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes. And Vote For Mr. Duncan Hunter, America! TLWNW)
To: no-to-illegals
You should change your name to ‘yes-to-$5-oranges’ it would be more accurate....
To: Cogadh na Sith
believe the lies...I don’t.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:13:35 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes. And Vote For Mr. Duncan Hunter, America! TLWNW)
To: Cogadh na Sith
Are you saying America can’t adapt and use innovation to harvest any type of vegetable or fruit to bring down the costs of it?
Don’t be a defeatist. We are a country of entrepreneurs.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:15:21 PM PST
by
BGHater
(Lead. The MSG for the 21st Century.)
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