[Texas_Dawg]

I doubt you know 100,000 people and if you did, I suspect more than one of them would have financial problems linked to exported jobs, etc.

Not sure exactly how many people I know or know of but I know a bunch and have not heard one single person complaining about "illegals" or "exported jobs". I tend to surround myself with people that work hard and don't look for government handouts (welfare, tariffs, etc.) to solve their problems.

[FITZ]

Just like myself ---right now I have two jobs ---but how does that help the high number of people being laid off from one job? In this area welfare rates approach 40%, unemployment is double digit ----so me boasting about how great I've got it would be totally silly ----it's what is going on all around me that indicates something is wrong. Should it be this bad when we elected a Republican President, Republican Congress, Republican Senate and many Republican governors?

[Paul Ross]

I tend to surround myself with people that work hard.

I doubt anyone would even get close to you, let alone 'surround' you. :-)