Rod Jetton
201 W. Capitol Ave.
Jefferson City, MO
65101
573-751-5912
info@rodjetton.org
Posted on 02/26/2008 8:03:07 AM PST by 3AngelaD
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton on Friday stood behind his offer to trade "lazy Missourians" for hardworking Mexican citizens. Jetton, a Republican from Marble Hill, first made the suggestion earlier this month at a Republican Party gathering in Springfield. He repeated it Thursday when asked about it at The Associated Press and Missouri Press Association Day at the Capitol. "I think there are some lazy Missourians in this state who really don't want to work, and I think there's a lot of hardworking Mexicans who would love to come up here and make a little money to support their families," he said. "And by golly, if we could find a way to trade them, I would trade them in a heartbeat."
Jetton said he's taken some criticism for such comments, but that others have told him he's right. He said there are too many Missourians who would rather enroll in government programs than earn a wage. As evidence, he pointed to an example from Wayne County in southeastern Missouri. Jetton said a company that tried recruiting employees for jobs paying around $8 an hour had just three applicants. The county had the highest unemployment rate in the state at the time.
Jetton's comments came as lawmakers were considering more than a dozen bills designed to crack down on illegal immigration by limiting government services to them, checking immigration status and punishing those who are in the country illegally.
Translation: willing to trade uppity peasants for slave labor
Why don’t people VOTE this piece of crap out of office?
Trade HIM for someone that stands UP for LEGAL AMERICANS.
He is disgusting.
Why don’t people VOTE this piece of crap out of office?
Trade HIM for someone that stands UP for LEGAL AMERICANS.
He is disgusting.
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Rod Jetton
201 W. Capitol Ave.
Jefferson City, MO
65101
573-751-5912
info@rodjetton.org
I think it’s a good idea, simple law really.
All legal Americans have a job, If you don’t have a job, you are an illegal American.
The guy must be nuts.
Well, golleee, Gomer, did you ever think that maybe tthat was a sign that the government programs ARE TOO MANY and TOO LUCRATIVE?
I'm vociferously against illegal immigration, but is it any wonder that businesses would rather hire illegals who actually WANT to work, especially when they'll do it for $3/hr?
Wonder if he’d be willing to work for $8 an hour?
Y’OK
Which Missourians voted for this ijit ???
Shoot ‘em amd put them out of their misery
“Why don’t people VOTE this piece of crap out of office? Trade HIM for someone that stands UP for LEGAL AMERICANS.”
Sorry. Did I miss something? Did he say ILLEGAL Mexicans? Let me check... Nope.
Trading welfare queens for LEGAL immigrants sounds good to me too.
Jetton said he’s taken some criticism for such comments, but that others have told him he’s right
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McCain, Tedddy Kennedy, Lindsey Graham et al
Fixed it.
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