To: ClintonBeGone
FROM THE ARTICLE:
"It's not jobs Americans don't want to do. These are wages and working conditions Americans don't want to accept," says Ira Melman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an opponent of lowering the barriers for undocumented workers.
"Why not let the free market determine what wages ought to be instead of flooding the market with low-wage, foreign labor?" he asks.
7 posted on
01/18/2005 7:11:36 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(Big government is still a big problem.)
To: BenLurkin
"Why not let the free market determine what wages ought to be instead of flooding the market with low-wage, foreign labor?" he asks. Oh, you noticed the irony here, too?
To: BenLurkin
"It's not jobs Americans don't want to do. These are wages and working conditions Americans don't want to accept," says Ira Melman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an opponent of lowering the barriers for undocumented workers.
Figured someone would focus on that nugget. Spoken like a true liberal union democrat, Mr Melman.
45 posted on
01/18/2005 7:45:23 AM PST by
ClintonBeGone
(In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
To: BenLurkin
Interesting, a front for labor unions suggesting we let the freemarket determine wages.
83 posted on
01/18/2005 8:04:11 AM PST by
metalcor
To: BenLurkin
Why not let the free market determine what wages ought to beApparently the free market has already decided. $6.90 hr.
324 posted on
01/18/2005 12:43:56 PM PST by
GVnana
(If I had a Buckhead moment would I know it?)
To: BenLurkin
Right of course [this comment serves as a bttt]
343 posted on
01/18/2005 1:02:38 PM PST by
citizen
(Yo W! Read my lips: No Amnistia by any name!)
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