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(12,769 posts)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 01:38 AM Oct 2012

I just had to share...

My mother just shared a conversation she had with the owner of a medium sized tree trimming business (he owns many trucks and the latest equipment and often trims all the trees in the neighborhood in just a few hours). He noticed her yard signs (Obama Biden, of course) and they started talking politics.

My mother told him that she could never vote Republican because they wanted to take away women's rights like contraception and abortion.

His reply, "Well, I have to go to Mexico to hire workers because you are killing all our kids."

After an initial hesitation due to a wtf moment, she responded, "I have several grandkids that can't find jobs."

His response, "That is because of the terrible economy."

How in the heck can anyone reason with these people!!

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I just had to share... (Original Post) Live and Learn Oct 2012 OP
Oh yes, it's our fault he "has" to break the law and hire undocumented workers... Barack_America Oct 2012 #1
+1google for bad business models that kill off their own markets with poor wages & poor benefits. nt patrice Oct 2012 #3
Amazing rationalization, isn't it? nt Live and Learn Oct 2012 #4
You can't reason with the insane.. haikugal Oct 2012 #2
Whoa, my head is spinning! PatSeg Oct 2012 #5
I asked her how she kept from laughing Live and Learn Oct 2012 #6

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
1. Oh yes, it's our fault he "has" to break the law and hire undocumented workers...
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 01:42 AM
Oct 2012

...not his own greed and refusal to pay a decent wage. No, certainly not that.

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