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To: dubyaismypresident

Then you had better automate leaf raking, floor scrubbing, baby sitting, oil changing, tire fixing, potato peeling (I can't wait to see the automated potato peeler/slicer/dicer at Kevin's Coffee Shop)... etc., etc., etc.

I wrote a speech for an auto executive recently about the CURRENT shortage of dealer service technicians which stands at 100,000. These are good jobs at good wages that are begging for entry level techicians who can come in and learn the business. The proprietary schools are graduating young men and women in this field but they're not enough, and the manufacturers are providing scholarships and stipends for promising students. There are good jobs out there. What are you going to say when an immigrant (legal or otherwise) steps up to the take one of them?


40 posted on 11/27/2005 7:03:34 AM PST by joeystoy
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To: joeystoy
I wrote a speech for an auto executive recently about the CURRENT shortage of dealer service technicians which stands at 100,000.

Well GM has 30,000 people they no longer need, who have related skills. Not to mention all their kids who once hoped to get jobs at the plants. Do you really think those sneaking across the border have an mechanical experience?

As for the potatoes, you don't have a food processor? Odd....

108 posted on 11/27/2005 9:19:00 AM PST by NeoCaveman (what part of illegal don't they understand)
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To: joeystoy
I wrote a speech for an auto executive recentlty...

potato peeling (I can't wait to see the automated potato peeler/slicer/dicer at Kevin's Coffee Shop)... etc., etc., etc.

Did he laugh when he got to the part about the potato "peeler"?

112 posted on 11/27/2005 9:28:55 AM PST by raybbr
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