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To me - if you can drive a car, walk up & down the street, shop until you drop, read the newspaper & talk on the phone to your friends all day - you certainly should be capable of "working".

I believe these freeloaders use the illegals as a convenient excuse to fake illnesses. After all if I think I'm worth $20.00 per hour for unskilled labor and illegals are willing to work for $10.00 per hour, then I feel justified in sticking it to the system because I am a victim. Just going on welfare is the equivalent of minimum wage and you don't have to do any work.

There are some unskilled, semi-literate, Americans in this country that are getting overrun. I can understand their anger and frustration, and I guess this is how the system accommodates them. There are also many addicts, bums, and others that take advantage of the free ride.

We are also guilty of raising a whole generation of kids who believe they have to start out at the top making a six-figure income... they can't comprehend working their way up the ladder.

I have a friend with a gift store who has a very difficult time hiring people who will stay or will work, most ask (as soon as they are hired) when do I get my paycheck and can I take some vacation. When they are sick they don't call in, just don't show up and when they figure out the job is more than standing at a cash register some just don't show up period.

She has one more year on her lease and then is closing... after 29+ years the last five have been the worst with the most irresponsible hires and she's worn out.