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?
But if he decided to become an employer, he would certainly have a right to break the law and hire all the illegal aliens he wanted to, right???
YES!
"You are right about the poor quality. It does not seem to keep the houses from selling though. The house that my husband had the Mexicans pulled in on him looked awful. He got so mad that he went on a different job for this contractor. The Mexicans finished it up. You could tell where his work ended and theirs took over. There was a big difference in quality. The brick on the entryway of the house was bowed to a very obvious degree but this house sold right away. Are people getting so used to sorry construction that they don't even care anymore?"
No, people don't care anymore and do you know why???? because when someone buys a house nowdays, it isn't for the rest of their life so who cares? Unlike our parents generation ours moves from one house to the other to the other etc..
Why don't I believe you?
Outstanding post! Highly intelligent and thoughtful!
B U M P
listen, let me tell you. That show on NBC (liberal hag) called "Living In The Shadows of Immigration" or something like that, which, told the story in a deeply sympathetic to the illegals and the contractors, way, had one telling point.
In one segment, the reporter-interviewer, whatever, told of the 19 or so, illegals living in one house and talked to a nine year old girl about how it was , and the child said it was fine,and that she, herself
slept on the floor beside a bunkbed where her mom and dad and assorted relatives slept.
Do you know what would happen to me, if I told someone on camera or off, that a child was having to sleeping on the floor in my house?
The funny thing is, his economic argument is spot-on, and you and others refuse to acknowledge that.
Face the facts, er.... "Dude."
The first fact is this. The reason the illegals come here, is because Americans PAY them to come here. They wouldn't come here if Americans weren't throwing money at them.
The second fact: illegals are a whole lot cheaper to employ than Americans are. To a thinking person, the preference for cheaper labor just might suggest that Americans are overpriced for the world market. You'll find the evidence not just in the market for illegal immigrants, but also in the massive outsourcing of formerly American manufacturing jobs.
The third fact: folks can bitch and moan about how much illegals cost, in terms of social benefits; but the fault for that lies with Americans -- primarily state and local politicians. Perhaps the bitchers and moaners might try fixing their own political problems.
The facts are OBVIOUS. Perhaps you should figure out how to deal them.
I think you nailed it, my nephew has been making a killing every since he graduated about 7 years ago. His starting salary was about 65K, but lots higher today.
And the "market" is illegal aliens evading income taxes? Uh.... never mind.
Nice. They're going to go from middle class to dirt-a$$ poor. Proving the point that others have made and you've tried to deny, which is that this could turn us into a third world country.
My suggestion is to do something about the government and elect those willing to solve the problem.
Well said!
TROLL. Without a doubt now.
I'll bite... why?
OK, but your plan (what you did after you lost your old job) wouldn't work for someone who doesn't already have mucho buckos. That's "lots of money" for those of you in Rio Linda.
Contact your nearest Border Patrol field office:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/cmcs/
:Perhaps you wandered off the compound this evening......."
Yeah, www.soros.com : )
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