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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:19 AM Original message |
Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs Have Created Million Of Jobs For Americans |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. You mean the Slum Lords |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Do you have some data about immigrant Slum Lords? n/t |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. No - just plenty of experience |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
56. wow, an anonymous Internet forum poster said so. I'm reeeeally convinced that |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Immigration isn't the problem |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Bingo. n/t |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The only problem is that many take the simplistic approach to blame immigrants |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, and they also see pro-immigration people in bed with the corporations |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Immigrant activist don't have a TV show to express their concerns |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That would require pro-immigration activists to stop using corporate talking points |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. and the American worker to stop using the xenophobic rhetoric |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes, if it's truly xenophobic rhetoric. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Interesting that I don't see too many people on DU say... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Misdirected priorities is a very apt description |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Perception is not 9/10ths of the law. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. Most immigration rights activist work for the poor not for the H1B holders |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. They are well meaning people. That is true. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. The employer wants to keep the low pay and good first class labor |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. 'low pay and good first class labor' |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. It's truly wonderful to read posts where people actually understand the economic paradigm! |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Just noticed that...."Immigration Daily" |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I'm a subscriber to Warren Buffett's philosophy |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm sure someone will take one of those jobs. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nice article, but beware the DU backlash |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Most posts here are anti H1B (Indian) |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Oh bullcrap. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Call it a strawman if you want, but it's not |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Total strawman |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Fair enough...but... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Thank you. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. No and yes |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. I have seen posts were people support the killers of a Mexican immigrant |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Can you link to any? |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. check it out |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. In the first link there are a couple of people pointing out that the victim was sleeping w/a 14 yo |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Second one: One person mentioning the victim's sexual relationship with a teen |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Most of the articles are about IT, and the media hones in on one country. |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. not to mention some of the brilliant scientists who were/ are immigrants |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That's because the American education system has been decimated. |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Money is not the solution |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You know that's a RW talking point, don't you? 'Money is not the solution' |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. What's your take on improving American schools, if ours are in such a piss-poor state? |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. Becoming a doctor doesn't get you the stature of a movie star |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Spot-on analysis. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Immigration policy is complex |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Very well said. |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. look into the mirror |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. What an utterly empty and meaningless response. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. He's half-right... |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Being anti-fraud is great |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Do you know about the restrictons on a legal immigrant in US? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I'm a lot more concerned about American students having access to college |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You're making unwarranted assumptions |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Then you of all people should know what's going on in this country |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I agree with everything you said about education in US |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Please point to where I am blaming H-1B workers. You can't, because I didn't. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I've been reading this entire thread... and for this point, you are wrong. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Yes I think I do. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. You make some valid points |
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