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To: clawrence3

better for who?

Mark Levin read some context regarding Cesar Chavez tonight - about how in the 60s, he was angry that illegal immigration into California was preventing his UFW from improving wage and living conditions for agricultural workers there. even Chavez understood the negative effects on the socio-economic structure by having an unlimited supply of labor that will work for ever lower wages - while business owners pass the costs of sustaining those persons (health care, education, etc) to the taxpayers at large.

having illegal labor and guest workers isn't "capitalism" - its socialism, its socialism for businesses, who get to concentrate wealth for themselves while passing their costs to the general taxpayers, who are essentially subsidizing the low wages they pay.


53 posted on 03/30/2006 6:22:31 PM PST by oceanview
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To: oceanview; B4Ranch

"Better" for B4Ranch who stated he / she gets angry seeing: "do jobs that Americans won't do" - I added the words: "for that wage" (which is what we are really talking about here).


61 posted on 03/30/2006 6:25:12 PM PST by clawrence3
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To: oceanview

My husband wrote a college paper in the 70's on the grapeworkers strikes and the living condition of these workers. It was pretty deplorable and squalid. These same employers seek an ever lower wage to pay to the masses around the world who are happy to work for the wages an American won't work for. This is clearly an attack on the middle class and the quality of life of legal Americans.


122 posted on 03/30/2006 6:45:27 PM PST by antceecee (Hey AG Gonzales! ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS NOW!!!)
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To: oceanview
having illegal labor and guest workers isn't "capitalism" - its socialism, its socialism for businesses, who get to concentrate wealth for themselves while passing their costs to the general taxpayers, who are essentially subsidizing the low wages they pay.

Worth repeating.

202 posted on 03/30/2006 7:11:22 PM PST by Mordacious
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