delta1
9 years ago

I dated a girl from el Salvador about eight years ago and her cousins were deathly afraid I was going to have them deported. Lol

They were nice people, day laborers. Fairly religious. I don't mind the illegals that share common values with Americans it's just the ones that still hold alliegiance to their former country or a radical religious sect that I want ousted.

jjanecka wrote:



yea...I hated a lot of the people in my neighborhood during the last qualifying games for the World Cup soccer tournament...the nerve of them, cheering for the Mexican team...especially when they beat the U.S. and drove around town flying the Mexican flag...and carrying on...Costa Ricans and Panamanians too...f'n radical soccer fanatics...futbol, excuuuuse me...
delta1
9 years ago

Many have...your not the Lone Ranger on that front and I'm not trying to make people feel guilt... I just cannot bring myself to do it...when we had our carport installed, I expressly asked if they used Legal Laborers to do it ( I was told yes but prolly NOT 🌫 )

TMCTLT wrote:



The contractor, a retired LAPD cop and Vietnam vet, who did our major home renovation hired only American citizens. We were OK with that, and prolly paid twice as much for labor costs doing the job. They did great work and we were happy with him and his crew.

That's what the U.S. labor unions have been trying to do for a loooong time: protect the U.S. working people. Right on TMCTLT.

The GOP has historically been shooting down Labor initiatives that were pushed to protect the U.S. worker, supporting the corporate/business establishment that loves low cost (illegal?) labor. The Dems kinda forgot them. Seems the unions may be turning to Trump now for help...GOP supporting labor unions would be a huge concept to grasp...have to hand it to him...changing American politics and turning things upside down...
JadeRose
9 years ago
If your job is such that you can be replaced by someone that floated here on a door, it probably wasn't going to be around that much longer any way.
TMCTLT
9 years ago

If your job is such that you can be replaced by someone that floated here on a door, it probably wasn't going to be around that much longer any way.

JadeRose wrote:




It isn't quite that simple in my mind....I personally would attribute a good bit of it to the dumbing down of society...and people apparently no longer value true craftsmanship and some wouldn't recognize it if it bit them in the Azz. Hell I've met plenty of folks who have college degrees and yet wonder how they wipe their own asses 🌫

Perhaps one day you'll too " sub that job out "
teedubbya
9 years ago
I'll pay extra for craftsmanship over cheap given the choice.
zitotczito
9 years ago

I feel like this post is about as useful as one which chastises the knights templar... I mean, maybe somebody belonging to that small group might read this thread, but it's not likely...

the media has a way of placing a microscope on small issues or events and convincing the common man that the problem is happening right outside his door or just beyond his view...

are there people affected by the current protests going on? sure... are there people affected by trumps new immigration law? sure... but I'd be willing to bet none of those people directly affected by those two heavily reported events are visiting this forum...

opelmanta1900 wrote:



Useful rant, very unlikely and I realize that and this is just a cigar forum. Changing forum members opinions is not my intent, I just like to read the discussions.
frankj1
9 years ago

You keep telling that to those who work in the construction and other related businesses.....where the owners of those businesses are employing them heavily simply to bolster their bottom line. When did we as Americans STOP caring about one another and only consider ourselves?????
Where do we go from here if we keep undercutting the working class Americans with an ever available ILLEGAL INVADER population to do their jobs? I only see the welfare class growing out of this mindset...

TMCTLT wrote:


if I understand you clearly, then I agree whole heartedly...I have always felt the cause of any problem in this issue has been those that do the hiring, not those that seek a better life.

If cheap/illegal labor was not encouraged and recruited by business owners, there would be no incentive to sneak into this country.
Speyside
9 years ago
Paul, you viewpoint is logical, well thought out, and has meaning. I agree with you. I wish the loopholes in made in America would be fixed. I like the Menard adds that state where a product is made.
qmech
9 years ago
Ok TW I'll bite ... Why is it important that a maid know what no teeth means? Does this have something to do with tucking?
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