With 1 in 5 Americans out of work, Obama issues over a million green cards

The examiner ^ | April 11, 2010 | Dave Gibson

[1rudeboy]

You're welcome. I had to assume that you know the English alphabet contains 26 letters, and that one should expect a soup made of English letters would contain a majority of them.

At least that's what I recall from my Alpha Bits days.

[algernonpj]

Do you have a link to the FR thread? I’d like to see my comments.

I did the research on the Heritage article in response to a post by someone who was concerned about disparities between that article. other items they were reading, and things thy were observing in real life.

Only saved my research, the link to the Heritage article, & that you had posted it. The post was approximately one year ago, give or take.

[1rudeboy]

It appears to be the one I remember posting. I wonder if that one was pulled for some reason. I can't find it.

What I do remember is posting some numbers that belied the nonsense being thrown-about regarding H1-B's being paid "slave wages."

[algernonpj]

Hey, how’s George W.’s plan to institute the North American Union and the Amero coming along? He was supposed to have it done by 2010, according to Jerome Corsi.

For more info on guest workers who don't pay SS taxes see AuntB's post.

[1rudeboy]

I must admit I don't follow the Social Security issue closely at all. I assume people understand that it's silly to expect someone holding an immigrant visa to pay Social Security taxes if they don't expect to become a citizen. That should be a no-brainer. If your company sent you to England, how would you feel about paying into its retirement system instead of your own?

[DoughtyOne]

Kenny, let me say this as kindly as I can. Many of the illegals have a less than eighth grade education. As sizable amount have far less than that. So does it really matter what language I post this in?

No. ;-)

For the record, I have sorrow for the people of Mexico. Let it be clear though, we and the United States did not create the system they are saddled with.

Folks, don’t look at U.S. Citizens and ask if they don’t have any compassion as if to shame them. It’s the government of Mexico’s obligation to help them. When are you going to ask that government if it has any compassion?

The answer of course is NEVER. Screw you then...

Not you Kenny.

[The Pack Knight]

I hear ya. I put on a Mexican-made suit to give an oral argument before an American court, and later talked to a Chinese law professor about how to make China better respect the rule of law (and thus be less dangerous to Americans), and now I’m about to celebrate completing a number of projects with Belgian beer and Irish whiskey at a successful business owned by a friend of mine who is an Irishman and a naturalized American citizen, who proudly displays the flag of his beloved adopted country which he was awarded at his citizenship ceremony, along with a plaque commemorating the day he became a citizen.

I’m drinking with another friend of mine who is an Englishman who is also a naturalized U.S. citizen, who is a productive engineer for a company that employs a lot of Americans, and who loves his adopted country.

Aren’t free trade and traditional immigration awful? What could be less American?

[1rudeboy]

What could be less American?

Brad Paisley? Seriously, that's what I've heard. Some sort of a commielib, I think. Won't stop me from playing this:

American Saturday Night*

_____
*I deliberately chose the clip that advertises his website and the album, so suck it, collectivists.

[algernonpj]

What I do remember is posting some numbers that belied the nonsense being thrown-about regarding H1-B's being paid "slave wages."

Actually "slave wages" is occasionally accurate. I had downloaded the e-File submissions to USCIS for H-1B's 2005 (the most current available at the time [http://www.flcdatacenter.com/CaseH1B.aspx]).

For IT & certified (accepted) the minimum hourly rate was $6.50, the minimum annual was $17,098.00. The Heritage article referred to the salary of a subset of IT H-1B's. (those both perm and certified (~6,000)) as compared to all certified IT H-1B's ~122,000.

[Kenny Bunk]

How utterly broadminded of you!

On your way home, do stop by the Home Depot parking lot and do some tequila shooters with the illegal aliens looking for the work Americans won't do.

BTW, if I were you, counselor, I'd have the Irishman and the Johnny Bull riding shotgun.

[1rudeboy]

Precisely! Don't people understand that when they drink Belgian White in an Irish pub, they are taking our jerbs!

They took our JERB!

[1rudeboy]

Sorry, I meant to ping you to my last.

[central_va]

Look, lawyers can sell out their country, they should just be quiet about it. Nobody likes a loud rapist.

[The Pack Knight]

I don’t think lawyers should be able to sell out their country.

[The Pack Knight]

Why would I want to do that?

[The Pack Knight]

"Derka Der" really is the extent of the argument I've been seeing here. That, and:

Step 1: "H-1B Visas"

Step 2: "?"

Step 3: "WE'RE DOOMED!!!

[1rudeboy]

It's ok, I get it . . . there's a recession going on, and people are frustrated. But there's no reason to take that frustration out on productive people who are going through the legal process of becoming citizens.

People need to stay focused.