[todd1]

Right... But I feel that business is business. If it is cheaper for a company to higher a Mexican then so be it. The fact is they will work for cheaper and for no benefits. The cheap workforce has helped keep some businesses in the states instead of exporting the jobs. Also, if bushes plan goes through then they will be paying taxes. I think a job should go to who wants it most. We live in a world economy. Getting a job at the plant and retiring on a fat pension are in the past. As Americans we need to educate ourselves and start finding new ways to make money.

[free_european]

"for cheaper and for no benefits"

Sure, then when their kid gets sick they take him to the ER which has to accept him. Eventually hospitals become overburdened and close up. I live in LA, its happening here already. There's no such thing as a free lunch.

[Regulator]

I think a job should go to who wants it most

Groovy. 5 billion people want yours. So quit and get out of the way. Maybe you can move to Pakistan.

We live in a world economy

"We" live in the economy we vote for. The world...who cares?

Getting a job at the plant and retiring on a fat pension are in the past

Only if you're a middle class worker. If you're a big campaign contributor at the top, it's fatter then ever.

As Americans we need to educate ourselves and start finding new ways to make money

What crap. More people are more educated than ever before in this country. It would be hard to imagine much more. It won't matter if intellectual property is copied, stolen, carried away or whatever, it'll just be gone.

[rmlew]

You do realize that the taxpayers adn consumers still subsidize the labor because of welfare?
It would make more sense to directly subsidize American labor than to import foreign unskilled labor.