But let's not kid ourselves with the "talking points" from BOTH sides of this matter - we have to fix both sides of this problem.
My family survived on Enlisted Military Pay IN SAN DIEGO, CA for ten years so I know what reality is for a lot of people - you have to live within your means, which is not what television and public school are teaching our kids.
My wife grew up eating whatever was grown or slaughtered by the family. Store-bought was a rare luxury city slickers enjoyed.
But I will say it again, the number of Americans who are willing to WORK and make life work out no matter what is getting very slim. Teens and twenty-somethings are constantly complaining about what they ain't got and refusing to work for the money they do get paid. How is customer service for you these days? I help people every time I go to any store because nobody in the store knows the answers anymore. I do nearly all repairs to my home and cars because the "Americans" I go to either don't fix it right, can't fix it, or want 500% in fees for what it would cost me to do it myself. I don't hire suspicious or obviously illegal alien workers because I've seen too many things not work out right, codes are not necessarily met, and some people get burned.
I agree.
I want to add one thing to all this; Mexicans are some darned good people, and I want a whole lot more of them in this country. I think in the near future, having so many people that work hard and have tons more common sense than you average academian will be a huge blessing for this country, and already is.
The problem is the RATE at which these people are coming in. It is too fast, too many and out of control. That is the problem.
As I ahve said on other threads, I thank God quite sincerely that we are having this problem with Mexicans instead of Muslims like Europe is having, and that is for certain. While a respect Islam, I dont think it mixes well right now tih modern democracy, especially with the Islamacists mixed in.