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To: RedBloodedAmerican
IMO Fox is right.

Lookie what Fox said:

"There's no doubt that Mexican men and women--full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work--are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States."
He said "...not even blacks..." as though blacks were somehow in a lower rank. His condescending and racist remark also insinuates that blacks are "lazy."

Fox is wrong in that, and in the fact that his remark attempts to justify illegal immigration from Mexico.

The real problem here isn't that anyone is lazy or that some jobs are undesirable, but that the wages for the jobs are too low. It is a fact that the jobs filled by illegals are often times below the minimum wage. Since they aren't citizens, there is no obligation to pay the minimum. It's an economic choice by the employer to have workers to exploit--i.e., Mexicans.

Abolish the minimum wage on these jobs, and you'd have plenty of teenagers and low-income persons willing to fill them.

39 posted on 05/16/2005 7:30:57 PM PDT by Gelato
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To: Gelato

Yes, I agree with what you say. But the perception America gives off is what he sees. Thank whoever; the media, the dems, the govt and welfare, organizations with media face time like NAACP/Rainbow push, etc.


46 posted on 05/16/2005 8:06:18 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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