Immigration and Outsourcing: How to Pit Cheap Labor Against the American Middle Class

American Economic Alert ^ | Wednesday, May 24, 2006 | William R. Hawkins

[A. Pole]

The skill level of the American labor force is being dumbed down by foreign outsourcing and trade deficits. In addition, we allow less educated illegal aliens to enter the country and compete for the low-level jobs that are all an economy hemmed in by overseas rivals can create. And when jobs skills are dumbed down, pay and living standards are also brought down. We are in fact importing poverty.

[tflabo]

"Thus the grassroots rebellion against political leaders who are in the pockets of the transnationals must prevail."

Yeppers....the GOP can only screw us conservatives so far until we throw the spineless, gutless RINO's out on their keesters....Not all our GOP leaders are slime but a bunch are and we need to purge them from the GOP and replace with true patriots.

[pissant]

Hey, is Willie back? I miss him.

[Jorge]

The invasion of foreign products has taken a larger toll on the U.S. economy and society than the invasion of illegal immigrants. Last year, the U.S. imported over $1.6 trillion worth of goods produced overseas. Foreign firms are responsible for much of this assault on American industry.

Yes! We MUST create laws immediately that forbid Americans from purchasing cheaper goods manufactured overseas and pay more for those made by greedy unions in this country.

What a bunch of BS.

[A. Pole]

You can find him using Google. Try this sample search:

"Willie Green" outsourcing May 2006

[pissant]

LOL. I'll have to look him up to say hi. We never agreed on too much, but I enjoyed his commentary.

[sinkspur]

Yes! We MUST create laws immediately that forbid Americans from purchasing cheaper goods manufactured overseas and pay more for those made by greedy unions in this country.

And we must pay MORE for fruits, vegetables, and other foods so that less productive white and black faces can replace the brown faces who know what they're doing.

There is a conscious effort by a significant minority on FR to force Americans to pay more for everything by closing off any foreign competition.

It's nutty insanity.

[Digger]

Hey, is Willie back? I miss him.

Thank goodness there are Willie Greens on this planet.

[A. Pole]

And we must pay MORE for fruits, vegetables, and other foods so that less productive white and black faces can replace the brown faces who know what they're doing.

Read my tagline.

[pissant]

There ain't many like Willie. LOL. It takes all kinds. The only ones I'm not thankful for are unpatriotic libs, commies and terrorists.

[sinkspur]

Yeah. Sure.

[Political Junkie Too]

I... was delighted to hear the unanimity among conservative radio hosts in favor of halting all illegal immigration on my car radio.

I'm also tired of unlicensed Mexican radio stations bleeding over into my favorite conservative radio stations. I want it to stop!

-PJ

[Shermy]

"And when jobs skills are dumbed down, pay and living standards are also brought down. We are in fact importing poverty."

We are importing poverty, but job skills aren't being "dumbed down."

Isn't it simpler? Bigger labor pool, lower wages. Supply and demand.

[Digger]

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[Shermy]

"And we must pay MORE for fruits, vegetables, and other foods so that less productive white and black faces can replace the brown faces who know what they're doing."

La Raza?

[A. Pole]

We are importing poverty, but job skills aren't being "dumbed down."

Isn't it simpler? Bigger labor pool, lower wages. Supply and demand.

Yes, but after a while you will get what you pay for. You cannot have highly skilled jobs with law wages for long time.

[sinkspur]

No.

[Jorge]

And we must pay MORE for fruits, vegetables, and other foods so that less productive white and black faces can replace the brown faces who know what they're doing.

Now you're catching on!

Get ready to open your wallet and lower your standard of living. It's the American way according to these bozos. Incredible!

[Shermy]

"Yes, but after a while you will get what you pay for."

I see. I think the way to approach it is to "follow the money." Why is the Chamber of Commerce and business lobbies putting money behind Senators, campaign, front NGOs?

It is to make more money, no to lose it. They make more money depressing wages. This time "unskilled" jobs are the target. The policies, reasonings, rationals, calls of racism, globalism, inevitability slogans - all just the clothes put on the agenda to hide a simple business strategy.