You sound like you’ve got the makings of an 18th century slave master. Have you always reflexively harbored such a condescending attitude about people of any stripe who may actually enjoy a kind of work that you seem so prone to demean?
I am sorry, but I don't see where I displayed a condescending attitude toward anyone. I was stating (what is to me) an obvious truth, without any malice towards any group of people. In fact, I am supportive of the poor, hard-working Mexicans who come here to eke out a living. I am in favor of the guest worker program.
And by the way, I know this may not square with the politically correct propaganda that most of you receive in American public schools, but there is something worse than slavery. And that is dying of hunger. A significant portion of the world's population would rather be slaves in the US and make subsistence wages than die a sorry death in their homelands.
Bravo! I for one am SO sick of the condescending, holier than thou attitude of some around here who think because they read an economics textbook once or twice, they know so much better than everyone else. Witness the "I know it's hard for some to understand" comment.
Actually, I do understand. I understand that my own wages and the wages of all taxpaying Americans are depressed on both ends by this monstrosity. On the one hand, an illegal willing to work for less lowers pay and on the other end the massive "hidden" costs in healthcare, auto insurance rates, welfare, etc raise my taxes. Sounds like capitalism with a very large side order of socialism to me. But what do I know? I probably haven't built my own business from scratch and worked harder than anyone anywhere ever like the economics PhDs here on FR.