[ABN 505]

Even just a few years ago around here all the landscaping jobs were done by high school and college kids now all those jobs are taken by immigrants . Now what do they do for summer work? Not much left for them. I hate that LINE that Bush is spouting about Immigrants doing work Americans don't want to do, THAT IS ABSOLUTE B.S.

[Dane]

Even just a few years ago around here all the landscaping jobs were done by high school and college kids now all those jobs are taken by immigrants . Now what do they do for summer work? Not much left for them. I hate that LINE that Bush is spouting about Immigrants doing work Americans don't want to do, THAT IS ABSOLUTE B.S.

Are you calling for a form of right wing affirmative action?

And by the way how do you know that high school and college students are not getting jobs? It's a nice line to spout, but isn't true.

[Miss Marple]

One of the problems in Indiana is that the schools end their year in mid-May, and the kids go back to school in mid-August.

Landscaping companies need people who will be available from early April through OCtober, when the leaves are raked. School kids cannot meet those requirements. An employer can hire a few for the heavy mowing months of June and July, but they also need people to spread mulch, spray, prune, dig and plant. And they need those people in the months when the schoolkids aren't available...spring and fall.