Originally Posted by phasmatisnox

To a degree, but not so much that I won't buy them. Buying things made in China isn't 'great' for our economy, but one major difference is that it is legal.

Smuggling people over to pick avocados is not, and makes a big impact on our economy. Sure if we eliminated all the 'guest' freeloa-I mean, workers, fruit prices and landscaping fees and all the other jobs that they do would go up- but you'd be paying an American, and helping the economy.