[KantianBurke]

But why would we want American workers, who we've spent trillions of dollars educating for 13 or 14 years, on average, to perform jobs that require only the most minimal skills?

Its not a question of wanting such a job. If more and more white collar jobs are sent abroad or HB1'ed to death, then those who have families to support will take almost any job to make ends meet as well as to pay those staggering taxes the illegals have been and will continue to use. The problem though is that since there will be a flood of low skilled immigrants coming in, wages will drop like a stone and job opportunities will be scarce.

[stylin_geek]

I think most people are approaching this problem from the perspective that the economy is not going to expand and create more jobs. Remember, there was a pretty severe labor shortage in the mid-nineties.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

But didn't technology forsee that this would happen? If work can be done with a computer, location doesn't matter. Why is Bush at fault when companies decide to do what is best for their bottom line? Do you want him sign legislation that makes this corporate practice illegal? How else are you going to stop it?

[moondoggie]

It's "because" we consumers insist on paying cheaper prices for those things we want or need that Corps are turning to cheap labor to produce those goods.

If we insist that those manufacturing jobs being lost be brought back to America or be given back to American workers...then we all need to be prepared to pay higher prices for everything we consume.

It's obvious from the comments that no American worker is going to work for the same wages as a foreigner.

With all the new technologies being developed, the job market is ever-changing.

Workers have to be prepared to adapt or be left behind.

It's the price we pay for progress in a free market system....

A double-edged sword, indeed!

[Trust but Verify]

Perhaps you missed the part about employers being required to show they cannot get Americans to take the jobs before offering them to guest workers.

You just refuse to admit there are some jobs Americans just will not do. (There are some exceptions to every rule, of course)