[KC Burke]

In the construction industry, with which I am familiar, we have the instance of minority drywall contractors in the LA basin having gotten a major foothold in the market, paying union level wages, or wages on residential higher based upon union equvilancies, to many employees.

The rampant influx of illegals in the 90s killed these minority trade contractors because the minority contractors were under-cut by bids using 12.00 per hour labor instead of 18.00 labor.

The economic disasters have already occured. Furthermore, our Social Security system is going to have further disaster that now can only be minimized.

I will doulbe what I pay for lettuce to have this problem significantly mitigated and workmen paid better. How about you?

[liberallarry]

The process of globalization proceeds exponentially. Short of a really destructive event - like atomic war or world-wide depression - no nation can stop it. So the price of labor will ultimately be equalized, same as for currencies and commidities.

What we're fighting over is how we get there, who profits and who loses.

Is the price of lettuce all that important? I think so. Basic economic theory contends that if you raise the price of food (without significantly raising income) the demand for other things will drop. That's being tested right now. Energy prices are soaring while salaries are not. That should result in a major depression.

We'll see.

Personally, I'd like to see all illegals deported. The reasons are not economic. It offends me that they are rewarded for butting in line, getting to live and work in this country while hundreds of thousands - or millions - more deserving and law abiding have been waiting years.