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To: Windflier
That's why I recommend a 50 year halt to immigration from ALL countries. We did it from 1924 to 1965 and it did wonders to homogenize all the various ethic groups who were in the country at that time.

I could never support this. Hate to say it, but there seems to be a work ethic issue for an increasing number of younger Americans. My friend has a recent college graduate here on a student visa working for him. The person makes a highly competitive wage (will be making ~$22/hour by October or so after seven months on the job) and has a great work ethic - on time, quality work, fast learner.

Several of the previous hires were native born US citizens. Late to work, poor work quality, an attitude that expected good pay for mediocre work. He's taken some flack from some locals for hiring foreign, but as he puts it "I'm hiring a legal worker who does an excellent job. In the end, that's what I look for and reward."

2,678 posted on 02/21/2016 2:18:13 AM PST by Fury
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To: Fury

You’re parroting the Open Borders establishment line that, ‘They’re only doing the work Americans won’t do.’

It’s an abominable lie, and I know this because I’m a business owner myself.

Yes, it’s true that many of our young people are slackers, but when has that not been the case? For every twenty-something slacker, there are half a dozen bright and eager kids who will show up and work just as hard as any foreigner, provided the pay is commensurate with the work product performed.

But this has nothing to do with my point, which was, we need to suspend ALL immigration to this country for the next fifty years in order to properly assimilate the tens of millions of foreigners already here.

It’s destructive to the cohesiveness and general sense of our shared American identity to continue importing other cultures without ensuring that they become one with us. Allowing immigrants to remain differentiated and foreign, is a recipe for national suicide.


2,698 posted on 02/21/2016 12:04:50 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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