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...guest worker programs are virtual recipes for mutual dependence between employers and the migrants who work for them. Employers naturally grow to depend on the supply of low-wage and compliant labor, relaxing their domestic recruitment efforts and adjusting their production methods to take advantage of the cheap labor. History has shown that in agriculture (where many Mexican guest workers would be employed), a pool of cheap workers gives farm owners strong incentives to expand the planting of labor-intensive crops rather than invest in mechanized labor-saving equipment and the crops suitable for it...

Aka: a third world country.

Before you vote for Bush, you should ask yourself these questions.

If slavery of blacks is wrong then why is slave labor of Mexicans and other nationalities and ethnic groups not wrong?

If the minimum wage and child labor laws are humane for American citizens, why are they not humane for Mexicans and other nationalities and ethnic groups?

And why should an illegal be awarded jobs over proven law-abiding citizens?

Should Bush's interest and the nation's interest be to give our money, health-care, protection, and other resources to a people who have no interest or value in our nation's survival or sovereignty?

Is such a President upholding his oath of office to serve and protect America's interests and people?

Is such a person fit to lead our country and hold our country's most powerful position?

Is such a person fit to hold the most powerful position in the world?