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Originally Posted by GottaDiesel
Ok, but doesn't the cheap China stuff take jobs away from 'Merikans too? I mean after all, if we don't let the Mexicans in to pick our oranges those jobs can go to 'Merikans, No? -- Granted we'll pay triple for oranges.
So. By that same mentality... why do we allow a shirt made in China for $.50 in the country when it could be made by 'Merikans too? And again, granted. The shirt may now cost $5.00 to make... but gosh-darnit... a good 'ole 'Merikan made it.
So what is the difference?
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Interesting point....actually good point.
Whenever I have the choice I will reject a Chinese-made good and buy the American-made equivalent.
But it is getting harder and harder to make the choice.
There is, however, a big difference between the kind of corporate greed that brings us $100.00 TVasets made by Chinese slave labor at a cost of $10.00 and the kind of massive illegal immigration invasion that we are witnessing.
Illegal immigration beyond the very simplistic notion of "taking-away" American jobs.
Illegal immigration is all about with higher crime rates; it has to do with additional medical expenses, additional educational expenses, additional law enforcement expenses.
Illegal immigration has to do with the mindset of a people whose first act in our country is to commit a crime.
Illegal immigration has to do with foreign gvernments dumping their problems in our backyard.
Illegal immigration has to do with creating a permanent poor and uneducated (and often criminal and in bad health) underclass.
Illegal immigration has to do with the US having the right to protect its borders and determine who has the right to come and stay and who does not.
Illegal immigration has to do with your right, and my right and the right of every legal American to pick and choose who gets to live here.
Illegal immigration has to do with protecting the integrity of our culture (warts and all -- a society that allows its culture to be subverted will not endure long).
Illegal immigration has to do with businesses who don't like to play fair. Most businesses pay a higher "premium" to employ legal citizens. Businesses who regularly employ illegal aliens gain an unfair competitive advantage over those businesses that play by the rules.
And, interestingly enough, illegal immigration (or stopping it) has everything to do with protecting the rights of poor minorities who are here legally. As long as there is a constant influx of cheap labor from Mexico and elsewhere, poor minorities, with little or no education, will not have a chance to move up the ladder.
Why pay a legal Guatemalan $10.00/hour (plus benefits) when you can pay $5.00 (and no benefits) to an illegal one. As it is often the case, it is the people at the bottom of the ladder who get f***ed royally -- and they have the least ability to withstand the blow.
I hope this answered your question -- or at least caused you to examine your beliefs.
I answered your question assuming that it was asked in good faith and with the intent of stimulating reasoned debate.
Your response will let me know whether I was right or wrong in my assumptions. I hope I was not wrong.