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Baraka_Guru · 07-21-2009, 04:41 PM

StinkyFinger, what does all that have to do with the economic crisis other than the fact that "illegal alien Mexican elephant worker vermin" offer a pool of cheap labour and have kept overall unskilled labour costs down for the state?

How many "legal Americans" in California would be willing to fill the hundreds of thousands of crappy job openings that would crop up if they got rid of them?

How many of those jobs would evaporate once the "illegal employers" realize they'd have to actually pay minimum wage (and overtime pay) and maybe even offer benefits and a safe working environment before anyone would even consider it?

Just trying to help you contextualize your rant for this thread.

07-21-2009, 04:41 PM	#25 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	StinkyFinger, what does all that have to do with the economic crisis other than the fact that "illegal alien Mexican elephant worker vermin" offer a pool of cheap labour and have kept overall unskilled labour costs down for the state? How many "legal Americans" in California would be willing to fill the hundreds of thousands of crappy job openings that would crop up if they got rid of them? How many of those jobs would evaporate once the "illegal employers" realize they'd have to actually pay minimum wage (and overtime pay) and maybe even offer benefits and a safe working environment before anyone would even consider it? Just trying to help you contextualize your rant for this thread. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 07-21-2009 at 04:47 PM..