In other words, you admit that Americans are willing to drive trucks for a living. When the wages drop to third world levels, you’ll claim that the reason Mexicans have taken over trucking is because Americans won’t do it. Just like you now claim that the reason Mexicans have taken over farm work is because Americans won’t do it. But you won’t acknowledge the real reason.
There are Americans at every economic level, not just your level. There are Americans willing to work, even in manual labor jobs. Just because you don’t see them in your little bubble world, doesn’t mean they don’t exist. But there are very few Americans who will work for third world wages. When you flood the country with immigrants from third world countries, guess what happens? Duh!
Good points!
Yep. And who does the hiring?
I started out talking about Hispanic field hands, not truck drivers and meat packers. If it bothers you so much, then you need to start talking to your congressmen, who are doing nothing about it; the immigration laws they are passing are halfhearted at best. This includes Republicans. One of the strongest lawmakers on immigration is Elton Gallegly out of CA. There is a town in central PA which has been over run with HISPANICS, whether they are legal or illegal I don’t know; likely it’s a mix. There had been some plant there and the HISPANICS came up and started working there and the old workers left. If you had a chance to make more money in America that you would in Tijuana, what would you do?
I think you should be arguing with the owners of the trucking companies, the meatpacking plants, Sunkist Lemon, etc, etc. They are the ones dangling the bait and the hispanics cross the border and get the jobs.
And conservative George W. Bush didn’t seem to offer anything but a guest worker program.