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Congressmen urge Bush to drop guest-worker plan
The Washington Times ^ | November 17, 2004 | Jerry Seper

Posted on 11/17/2004 8:54:21 AM PST by Ron H.

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To: brianl703

No I was not aware..I'll have to check into that, thanks. And yes, we do need more laws like that. Too long have these people been abusing our system.


181 posted on 11/18/2004 2:43:02 PM PST by FairfaxVA (SELECT * FROM liberals WHERE clue > 0. Zero rows returned!)
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To: BlkConserv

"f they were working these jobs they wouldn't need welfare then, right?"

Wrong

Could you keep a roof over your head, food on the table and clothes on your back for 5.15/hr (Especially if you have a family)?
Welfare would still be needed to some degree... Just not as much.

Try again -


182 posted on 11/18/2004 4:32:54 PM PST by SealSeven
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To: BlkConserv

I forgot one thing:

"The fact that they aren't means that they don't want to and no amount of government force isn't going to make them."

They will have no choice. If they want welfare, they MUST work. Otherwise, they are SOL.

The water has now turned to mud -


183 posted on 11/18/2004 4:39:49 PM PST by SealSeven
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

"Teenagers today are not the same as they were when you were a teenager, and farms cannot rely on teenagers to do the work."


What are you basing this on? Give me some stats -


184 posted on 11/18/2004 4:45:06 PM PST by SealSeven
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To: Luis Gonzalez
On KFI radio, the head of the Border Patrol agents union, a fellow named Bonner, I believe, described the fourfold increase. There was also a Washington Times article on it in Jan/FEb that I am trying to track down.
185 posted on 11/18/2004 4:47:26 PM PST by radicalamericannationalist (The Senate is our new goal: 60 in '06.)
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To: radicalamericannationalist

The Washington Times? That conservative rag? You can't believe anything they say.

/sarcasm


186 posted on 11/18/2004 6:57:18 PM PST by brianl703 (Border crossing is a misdemeanor. So is drunk driving. Which do we have more checkpoints for?)
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To: brianl703
Oh, if you're wondering how the "lower/servant class" can manage to afford to live here, wonder no more: They just overcrowd houses. 3 bedrooms, 8 people, that sort of thing.

Don't forget the very very generous government housing subsidies handed out right and left. Those are a big part of the housing boom here on this part of the border --- another goodie provided by the taxpayers --- the government is practically giving housing away.

187 posted on 11/18/2004 11:18:38 PM PST by FITZ
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To: SealSeven

That's not my assertion. I did, however, make a guess that the change in teenagers, if true, had something to do with the parents.


188 posted on 11/19/2004 3:22:02 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Deport 'em all; let Fox sort 'em out!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Please accept my apologies.
And, I agree with your statement.


189 posted on 11/19/2004 3:41:42 AM PST by SealSeven
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To: SealSeven

No problemo.


190 posted on 11/19/2004 4:24:40 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Deport 'em all; let Fox sort 'em out!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Didn't know that one. I'll have to find a new running mate for Tancredo.


191 posted on 11/19/2004 5:33:36 PM PST by nonliberal (Up the feces tributary without a means of locomotion.)
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To: Maceman

All you have to get is that President Bush truly believes in his foolhardy "temporary" amnesty plan.


192 posted on 11/19/2004 5:36:26 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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