I live in an area (Marin County) where the Hispanics line up by the hundreds to cop a day job that they hope will lead to longer term employement and networked opportunities in various industries. Mostly its construction but folks from all walks of life solicite these guys standing on the corners and streets near our industrial commercial centers.
Five miles away across the Richmond bridge are some large black communities. One can drive through these areas at all hours of the day to see dozens of healthy black males loitering in front of liquor and convienence stores and empty parking lots. Unemployment runs over 50% in this communities while they bitch how opressive whitey is...
When I was a contractor and used these "illegal" workers from time to time, I never ever once saw a black person soliciting work alongside the hispanics. I never ever once had a black person apply for employement through various classified adds I ran for more skilled workers. NEVER EVER! PATHETIC!
The Hispanics work hard and long every day. You start them out on a cash basis for a couple of weeks then give them a raise and tax them if they are worth their salt.
In my opion...huge communities of people sitting around on their arses drinking during the middle of the day are more of a problem than the Hispanics that grease the wheels of business. And I can tell you....their are no white boys asking for these jobs either. They look down at manual labor and those that do try, fail shortly thereafter. The population of white construction workers is diminishing at an appalling rate...despite benefitting from increased wages perks and bonus. The white kids around here are pussies...
When people say....Hispanics do the work other people don't want to...they are dead right. I speak from running a construction company in Marin County for over 22 years.
Frankly I got sick of the whole business of having any employees, white black or brown, and now work alone at home in an office trading commodities futures contracts....
I no longer have an axe to grind in the matter....
And I will add this: Get with the program. Socialist leftists will always want more sucking from the government tit, and business will always seek reasonably priced labor that works hard...if they cant find it here they will move thier business offshore. Hispanics are here to stay. Voices against it are the minority.
The challenge that faces conservatives is not how to keep Hispanics out (because they are not leaving), but how to embrace them to an extent that gets them voting conservative. The hispanics I know are very family oriented, pro-life, pro-church, pro-gun and pro-business. They work double jobs to send mom and dad money back home. None of the guys I had working for me sucked from the government tit. They much perferd to make it on their own. But like any cultural group or human...if the milk flows they will drink it.
The second challenge of conservative is to stop the flow of milk. Stop feeding and sheltering people and caring for them medically and they will find a way to take care of themselves.
This is a screwed up situation...but If we keep hoping and praying and dancing around about deporting, we are gonna get smoked....and maybe someday that idiotic subculture on the otherside of the bay will get off their butts and get to work...unless and until...they are more of drag on society and economy than hispanics.
The next crop of cultural misfits will be all the wussy white kids who won't pick up a shovel to dig their way to prosperity. These misfits want to start halfway up the ladder of sucess....what a bunch of losers. Just how many liberal arts majors do we need with minors in marine biology?
22 posted on 3/24/02 3:18 PM Pacific
This is a raciest man..I have seen Black men work very hard.. perhaps they are just smart enough not to work for 3rd world wages..