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To: bvw
"The displaced citizens are hurt, and many become resentful, this resentment can turn against America."

OK, since my son is 26 and I work with H1-Bs who are also 26 I see this resentment every day I'll make some comparisons.

Chinese person comes to work in a Toyota. My son drives to work in a Hummer.

Chinese person eats breakfast at Jack in the Box. My son eats an MRE. (Meal Ready To Eat.)

Chinese person surfs the internet when arriving at work. My son usually works on improving his fox-hole in the morning.

Chinese person pays his bills at the end of the month -- easy. My son pays his student loan at the end of the month which the Chinese person doesn't -- when he can find the time.

My son is in the National Gaurd and was activate 3 weeks ago and part of the 265,000 person call-up for Iraq. Chinese person hasn't read about it yet.

So free market H1-B advocates tell me this is fair!!
21 posted on 11/17/2002 8:19:49 AM PST by BeAllYouCanBe
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To: BeAllYouCanBe
Sad, apt, true. Let any Senator, Representative, Congressional Staffer and lobbyist know your story and think about it.
23 posted on 11/17/2002 8:28:56 AM PST by bvw
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To: BeAllYouCanBe
With the exception of the National Guard part, which parts are different from pure envy?

You seem to conclude that work and citizenship is the same thing, and it comes with the territory. True: that is what socialists think.

A visiting worker does just that: works and pay taxes in this country. He may be a part of National Guard too -- of his respective nation. That is where he is a citizen, and that is where he serves. You do not care about other countries --- this thought did not even appear in your considerations --- but that is fair. As for loans, how do you know what hardships that Chinese person went through in his undergraduate years? Again, you simply don'y care.

What you also do not care to describe is that immigrants are less extravagant, spoiled, and attached to conveniences than we, Americans. That does help the budget a great deal, which is why you see a decent car bringing him to work. But he also will have to bring up his children withouyt any support of his family, and when he dies, he is not going to ingherit your $200,000 house either.

Most importantly, you son was playing football in high school when that Chinese person was doing math, physics, and played violin. It's the work ethics and your values that come to fruition. That is why the Chinease, Koreans, Indians, Japanese of the second generation are doing so well in our colleges.

Your view is one-sided, and the principles by which you judge are unfair. One should be on guard against envy, my friend.

28 posted on 11/17/2002 8:56:04 AM PST by TopQuark
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