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Sick of Mexicans Taking our Jobs
Nelliemae

Posted on 02/21/2007 5:53:58 PM PST by NellieMae

I am getting really sick of the Mexican Invasion costing so many jobs in the Southwest Virginia- East Tennessee area. My husband is a brickmason. He is the 5th generation mason in his family- our son is the 6th. Up until just a couple of years ago brickmasons had contractors ringing their phones off of the wall wanting them to do work for them. My husband had to turn down dozens of callers because he couldn't do it all. Things have sure changed . Now, a lot of contractors in this area have gotten dollar signs in their eyes and all that they can see are cheap Mexican workers. My husband has actually had a contractor (real builders that know how to actually build a house are really scarce around here anymore) pull Mexicans on the job that he was working on because he was in such a hurry to get it finished that he couldn't wait the 2 weeks that it would have taken to do the whole job. They will pull in a huge crew and wipe the job out real quick. They waste a lot of brick though (they get paid by the 1000 brick). My husband is a very good, fast mason. His speed and quality is not the issue here. Most of these workers cannot even speak English. It is really aggravating to have lived in a place your entire life and have your livlihood seriously threatened by people that are not supposed to be here in the first place. How do we get rid of this problem? Also, on another related note: It was announced today that there are hundreds of jobs being cut in ANOTHER local factory, Bristol Compressors. I was told several months ago that a construction site in Mexico was marked with a sign that read:" Future site of Bristol Compressors" Is this a coincidence or is there another company by the name of Bristol Compressors?


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; appalachia; bds; borders; crimaliens; deliverancerejects; duncanhunter; failertoadapt; illegalaliens; illegalimmigrants; illegalinvasion; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; jobslost; lowerthebarillegals; mexicaninvasion; savage; socialistcons
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To: Spruce

Those are computer issues, not internet issues. The computer has led to the loss of many jobs now considered obsolete (like typesetter)- printing industry and otherwise.


161 posted on 02/21/2007 7:13:43 PM PST by Stone Mountain
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To: RVN Airplane Driver
I agree with your comment....however many times it is not a competitive situation...when your competion pay's cash to their help....and don't have to match SSN and do withholding...that's not a fair playing field. Please tell me how that is fair??

Find some other line of work. The Left is always screaming about what's "fair".

Don't be a victim of the mexicans.

162 posted on 02/21/2007 7:13:56 PM PST by CAWats (People that are easily angered are easily frightened.)
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To: SomeoneNeedsToSayIt

Compete means hire illgals? Wow. So how many other laws do you break? Please post your contact information so we can have the INS and IRS show up at your place of business.


163 posted on 02/21/2007 7:14:23 PM PST by StolarStorm
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To: SomeoneNeedsToSayIt

If we were talking about LEGAL residents getting those jobs, you'd have a point.


164 posted on 02/21/2007 7:14:43 PM PST by RockinRight (When Chuck Norris goes to bed at night, he checks under the bed for Jack Bauer.)
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To: Sister_T

To this day I can't buy raisins with out thinking that "I heard it through the grapevine!"


165 posted on 02/21/2007 7:14:54 PM PST by American_Centurion (No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
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To: SomeoneNeedsToSayIt
They are NOT YOUR JOBS!

You DON'T have the right to a job!

You have the right to offer your services at whatever price you choose. If your price is too high the organization offering the opportunity will choose someone else. You need to become competitive with the market or find something else to do.

Very well said!!!

166 posted on 02/21/2007 7:15:23 PM PST by CAWats (People that are easily angered are easily frightened.)
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To: RockinRight

Thank you, good point. My husband will be 50 years old this year. He has done this kind of work since he was 15. We are used to having to deal with extreme weather conditions and aggravating contractors that don't have their ducks in a row, but, this is something entirely different. He is one of the hardest working men that I have ever known.


167 posted on 02/21/2007 7:15:45 PM PST by NellieMae
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To: SomeoneNeedsToSayIt

And you are part of the problem -- obviously, you make your money at the other end of it -- cheap labor -- crappy construction -- and the community gets to foot the bill for the illegals living expenses -- but hey, what are laws for if not to break, huh? Morality to you is stupid, right? Obeying laws is outdated, right? So what other laws should we break with impunity? Your arrogance is outstanding, however.


168 posted on 02/21/2007 7:16:12 PM PST by EverOnward
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To: seoul62
Globalization is a sad, harsh reality, that cannot be ignored

The answer is really very simple..

Offer a good or a service that someone perceives to have value and people will buy it.

I'm not making in judgment as to whether it's right or wrong. I'm just stating the facts.

This is how it works, embrace the reality or perish.

Some folks will and some folks won't.

That's the great thing about America, it's all up to you.

169 posted on 02/21/2007 7:16:41 PM PST by SomeoneNeedsToSayIt (Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.)
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To: NellieMae

Now is the time too, since the new home market is slowing down. If the ball gets rolling before it takes off like a rocket again, the alliance of builders would be in very high demand.


170 posted on 02/21/2007 7:17:16 PM PST by American_Centurion (No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
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To: SomeoneNeedsToSayIt

Yes, and hopefully one day those of us with morals will able to force the government to throw sociopaths who engage in criminal enterprise (like hiring illegal aliens) in jail. I will not sacrifice my ethics for money. Apparently you do.


171 posted on 02/21/2007 7:18:26 PM PST by StolarStorm
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To: SomeoneNeedsToSayIt
I think your viewpoint is naive.
You ignore the shifting of costs that goes on in our socialist culture.
The fact that our laws are being openly flaunted is disturbing.
No one should have a Mexican ghetto in their neighborhood.
We are doing things that are counter to our nations values, we have never in the past let illegals come in and not assimilate.
Most people realize that those that came from Germany, Italy, Denmark adapted our culture and language as quickly as possible.
And they came here legally for the most part.
172 posted on 02/21/2007 7:19:07 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
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To: StolarStorm
You just don't get it, do you?

Actually I totally understand what's going on.

These people are here and they are willing to work for less. The government has no interest in stopping them.

We elected them! Now live with the reality!

173 posted on 02/21/2007 7:20:01 PM PST by SomeoneNeedsToSayIt (Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.)
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To: SomeoneNeedsToSayIt

No, I will not sacrifice my morals and ethics to "get with the program". You sold out buddy.


174 posted on 02/21/2007 7:22:31 PM PST by StolarStorm
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To: StolarStorm
Gee, your new gig doesn't involve hiring illegal aliens does it? Such moral behavior....

I trade stocks, options and futures for a living.

I'm one of the guys who ran gas up to $3.5 a gallon last year and then sold it with both hands when we hit $70 per barrel of oil.

Last year was a good year!

175 posted on 02/21/2007 7:24:40 PM PST by SomeoneNeedsToSayIt (Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.)
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To: Pox

Piss poor quality? That sounds like the union contractors around here and none of them are Mexicans!


176 posted on 02/21/2007 7:25:45 PM PST by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: SomeoneNeedsToSayIt

I'm all for that, with one SLIGHT change:

If someone is here ILLEGALLY, throw their a$$es out. If you knowingly hire an illegal, you get prosecuted.


177 posted on 02/21/2007 7:26:00 PM PST by RockinRight (When Chuck Norris goes to bed at night, he checks under the bed for Jack Bauer.)
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To: FauxBlonde

No, they wouldn't. Which is not the point. I guess they'd like it better if I just took unemployment insurance, food stamps, and waited it out (until my "skill set" was better suited)? Or perhaps blaming A)rich guys for soaking up all the wealth, or B)blaming illegal Mexicans for "taking all the jobs."


178 posted on 02/21/2007 7:26:18 PM PST by Churchjack
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To: Artemis Webb

"Do you think you have some divine right to those contract dollars? Sounds to me like your hubby is too damned expensive."

Are you REALLY that stupid or just pretending?

Lets see.....one employer pays all his help on the books and runs a legit business.........another (scumbag) employer hires all illegals and pays them off the books (no FICA, SS, insurance)..

Who has more overhead?

Who can under bid the other?



179 posted on 02/21/2007 7:26:55 PM PST by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: NellieMae

bump


180 posted on 02/21/2007 7:26:59 PM PST by VOA
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