Posted on 07/28/2002 8:25:40 AM PDT by Tancredo Fan
Why? Why do we need them to come here to begin with?
If we can strictly enforce a "guest worker" program, then we can strictly enforce a "no worker" program.
Yes--but would they be jobs Americans are willing to do?
It's time for new leadership.
What a wonnderful idea!
I would feel good about having my taxpayer dollars spent installing cameras every 500 feet as far as the eye can see.
And monitored 24/7 by volunteer citizens. Citizens at least 10 years and unequivocally dedicated to the American ideals regardless of how proud they might be of their cultural heritage from elsewhere.
Just think. We can have actual mug shots of every criminal coming over the border, and a running tab of how many have arrived in the last 24 hours.
Now if we can just set up similar cameras at voting booths and hospitals...
Would it bother me? not one bit. I am a citizen, legal, never hyphenated, pay my taxes and don't do recreational drugs.
Admittedly boring, but I always sleep well at night.
;^ )
Well, it's not like they have anything better to do.
Yes, they are hard workers in general, however, I must disagree with you about the talented part. From what I have seen and heard about here in my locale they can throw up a house in short order, but their skill level leaves much to be desired. Case in point: A new subdivision of 26 houses was thrown up in about two months last summer in a neighboring county by a contractor who used Mexican labor exclusively. The first 4 of the houses that were sold were found to have major structual damage in multiples. The county building inspectors wound up condemning all the houses. The developers eventually had them all torn down and are having to start all over again. That's what their strictly bottom line mentality got them. I don't feel sorry for them at all.
Not to mention that the mineral-rich Rocky Mountains continue south of the border.Lots of good jobs could be made in Mexico if they'd allow their resources to be developed and allow for their underclass to participate and reap some of the rewards.
I've heard lately that a lot of the maquiladoras are packing up for China, partly as a result of China's entry into the WTO. Not only is that bad for Mexico's economy, it creates a whole new class of folks who aren't likely to return to the farm now that they've gotten a taste of a somewhat modern economy.Guess where they're headed?
Any national politician who would seriously act to halt to illegal immigration would almost certainly fail to do so and ruin his career in the process.
I doubt the people have the stomach for what it would take to stop illegal immigration in any case.
In fact, I'm sure the majority do not.
That's not a result of overpopulation; a falling birth rate of that kind results from industrial prosperity.
Mexico should look at how the Japanese were able to get a middle class lifestyle and with a much smaller land mass with much fewer natural resources. Japan didn't do it by trying to become completely dependent on the US either, I think they had to change their culture and were willing to do that.
Here of course. Their government is encouraging them to believe that they should be completely dependent on the US, I never thought the maquilas were a good idea in the first place and I never thought those $25-30 a week jobs were going to do much for that country. They can't head back to their little farms because they've lost them. Also the government diverted irrigation waters to the fast growing cities like Juarez and maquilas so there could be more people there than the desert can support.
Instead of Mexicanizing the US, we should be Americanizing Mexico, let Americans go there and build up resorts and restaurants ----I'd rather be a waiter making tips off American tourists than a maquila worker anyday. It's amazing to compare the California and Florida coasts with the Mexican coasts ---amazing how it just all stops at the border and they have even better weather.
There is much about what might be the hidden justifications for immigration of all kinds, that can be found in old texts and in the kind of advice that is passed down through generations of businessmen and statesmen by word of mouth.
Here's one: In the 1700's, at the dawn of the industrial revolution, one of the wealthier class observed that while it is merciful that the people not starve, still it would be unwise for them to become to prosperous, for then they will not work hard.
And so we are flooded with immigrants, legal and illegal, lest salaries skyrocket because the people are too prosperous to want jobs or to work overtime.
Another was said by Voltaire, who painted a picture of Christians of all sects doing buisness with Moslems and Jews--all working harmoniously together because no one group formed a huge majority--in other words, he was touting the practical advantages to industry and government of "diversity".
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