[BamaGirl]

I'm a little confused. How is it that the immigrants working menial jobs (primarily Mexicans) manage to survive? There are a ton of them in the Bay Area, one of the most expensive places in the country, working as janitors, construction workers, car washers, etc. And I suspect that some of them, being illegal, are paid under the table, so that they don't even get all the benefits.

AND they have enough money to send home to relatives in Mexico. What's the difference? How come they seem to be thriving whereas others are not?

[Sharpshot613]

They thrive because they sleep 15 to a house...and 15 minimum wage earners in one place is a hefty chunk of money. Every so often around here, on the news you hear about how they discover some single family house with two bedrooms sleeping 13 or 14 people. They all live in a family unit(cousins, siblings and the like) so they just have to send one envelope back. When you come from a third world country, squalor with an automobile and color TV doesn't seem so bad. Plus, they work hard because they know they are expendable.

[StatesEnemy]

AND they have enough money to send home to relatives in Mexico. What's the difference? How come they seem to be thriving whereas others are not?

Ohh I dunno.. perhaps there idea of the 'High Life' is sleeping 4 to a bed, working 65 hrs a week, renting a duplex in the 'barrio'.

Read some Victor Davis Hanson for a education on Mexican lowered expectations. When you import folks who are used to squalor, they view bare necessities as luxury.

Race to the bottom. Native born Americans have become too big for their britches (in the mind of the multi-corp) so we will undermine their abilities, switch them to 'cake' (socialism) and mortgage them to the moon...

Just wait to the Housing Boom pops.

[newwahoo]

"AND they have enough money to send home to relatives in Mexico. What's the difference? How come they seem to be thriving whereas others are not?"

Living ten to an apartment sure cuts down on the rent. I've seen it with my own eyes.

[newwahoo]

"And I suspect that some of them, being illegal, are paid under the table, so that they don't even get all the benefits."

Their pay isn't taxed and no emergency room around here at least will turn them away.

[UScbass]

You also seem to forget that WE are paying for their health care (even when they are illegal aliens), we are paying for their food stamps (even when they are illegal aliens), we are paying for their education, (even when they are illegal aliens), and I can go on and on.

We can't get the jobs they have because we are legal and must be paid legitimally, because the money must be taken out of our wages to pay for their freebees, to which we are NOT entitled.

It IS the government who is perpetrating this on us because the elitist bureaucrats want more and more immigrants who will vote any way desired, as long as the freebees keep coming and WE ARE THE ONES WHO PAY.

[whipitgood]

The Mexicans are much better suited to survival in the New World Order (formerly USA) than we Americans are.
They are used to living in total squalor.
They will work HARD for little money.
They 'get it' the first time they are told how to do a job.
If they need training, another Mexican will stay up all night showing them how to do something.
They are used to being required to pay someone else for the privilige of a job.
They are used to paying graft.
Cockroaches are normal to them.
They don't care how their car looks, as long as it runs.
Their car is expendable if they have an accident.
They will gladly go days, or weeks between baths.
They will eat anything they are served.
They will do whatever job they are given without complaining.
They are used to having to do things without getting a license, permit, or permission from authorities.
Living with parents, grandparents, children, and grandchildren is normal for them.
They don't care about watching TV or using the internet.
If it breaks, they can fix it or know another Mexican who fixes it.
They can get whatever they need from a pawn shop, flea market, or another Mexican.
The US/ NWO government is set up to see that they are well fed, educated, get free medical care, are able to buy a home, and can do almost anything they please without being hassled.
Their culture hardly recognizes property rights, so owning anything is an invitation to be ripped off. They are happy with almost no possesions.
I could go on, but you must surely get my drift.

[hedgetrimmer]

How is it that the immigrants working menial jobs (primarily Mexicans) manage to survive?

Taxpayer subsidized housing for one. Subsidized health care. Taking cash and not paying taxes.

[lonestar]

Live 12 to an apt.