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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:40 PM Original message |
Immigration and Wages (Serious discussion only!) |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. If the immigrants are given citizenship they can demand higher wages. |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't think that's realistic |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Blame it on capitalism not the immigrants. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Blame it on corporatist |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. They Benefit More By the Current System |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well yes of course |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. I think that position is overly simplistic. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
114. They create NO jobs. In fact, they reduce jobs. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
108. Absolutely! |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:27 PM Original message |
You can blame it on whomever you want but wages will go down. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
61. I'm not sure that's relevant |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
80. Should we blame capitalism for the standard of living the immigrants are.. |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
98. The problem is that they AREN'T trying to achieve OUR |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. And therein lies the rub |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
63. That's what I don't get... |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
88. This is exactly why the never-ending "wave" of immigrants must be stopped. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #88 |
133. Well Put |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
107. It's the number, not the citizenship status |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Thanks for the great post! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
119. Won't work. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
123. Yeah! And if they buy cars, they can demand cheaper gas! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Purely on the economic side of the discusion |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thanks, but employers who hire illegals have not been prosecuted |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. you're ignoring two important facts |
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kahleefornia (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. oh, but there is... |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I stand corrected |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. When The Employer Can Call in La Migra to Break Any Strike… |
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svpadgham (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
115. But if the laws |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. As I said if and that is the big IF they are |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Supply of (cheap, illegal) labor is *created*, |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. In that case, we should allow 4 billion people a "path to citizenship" |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. No - there are more then two options: |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. If you want a serious discussion, please put up some |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. What do you do for a living? |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. you can't be serious? |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes, I've gotten great raises when IT specialist were in short supply |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I live close to Silicon Valley |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. The IT economy also corrected itself since the late 1990s |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
72. Now that money is being pocketed by owners and CEOs, not being passed |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
90. Has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the power of unions, but |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #90 |
100. Yeah, yeah, the scab factor. I've been on this planet long |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. At least American scabs have rights. . . |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #102 |
105. See. Now you understand the problem. If these people |
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whododayis (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. new immigrants will have very little impact on wages |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. I don’t want to be insulting but…. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. that sounds like some kind of "book" theory |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
74. I'm looking for work again now, and that's not what I'm seeing... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
92. Deleted message |
unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
121. Illogical |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. You ask how we, as liberals, can support the bill. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
126. Wage Suppression is Significant |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Despite the Economics 101 exam answer... |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
54. If they have no jobs, they will not come. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Wrong. They lost their jobs because the companies wouldn't PAY... |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Vicente Fox: Senate Bill a Reward for Mexicans |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. This isn't like a suddenly new 10+ million people are jumping into the |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I'm in IT as well and believe me, I know |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Yes, but if current laws were enforced, many illegals would go back |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I know of at least 4 people that came from Europe & S. Africa on H1Bs |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Enjoy your retirement |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I get a pension from Big Blue, but I'm still working full time. |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
64. So, they just were younger? |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #64 |
93. Nope. . . |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
122. So, 800,000 to 1.2 million people a year crossing the border ... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. We should support such a bill for reasons of |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Sounds nice in theory, but . . . |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Exactly which "concepts" in the Senate bill are "regular people" |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Paying insignificant fine or back taxes for only 3 of the last 5 years |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. You might want to "Re-Check your figures |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Hope your willing to work |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. This is a false canard (about taxes) -- most dispassionate studies |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Would you please cite some of these "dispassionate studies"? |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
94. They are still costing taxpayers billions in Medicaid dollars. . . |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
124. You want social justice, start by giving away your own job. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. Work visas used to suppress wages |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. Should Be Coupled With a Big Increase in the Minimum Wage |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. If the borders remain open, raise in min wage is meaningless |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. But If They Are Not Illegal, It Will Be Hard to Get Away With Paying < Min |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. So if we have an over abundance of legal workers |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That is What Unions Are For |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. And when Unions get higher wages for these workers |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Point is unions have no bargaining power with an unlimited supply |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Unions will not be able to bargain |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
77. STRIKE! |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Management: |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
78. How Do You Go After Employers of Illegals w/o Causing Discrimination? |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Apparently you have never filled out a job application |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
106. We Usually Use Resumes in My Profession, But the Info Is the Same |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. Your reply explains why YOU are not going to worry about |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. If an employer has 200+ workers with fake SS # |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #78 |
95. No one except a lazy uncaring employer is taken in by a fake id. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
109. We don't have a union but tried to ask for some things |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #109 |
137. So why do you support the Senate bill? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:31 AM Response to Reply #33 |
57. The borders -will- remain open |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. One phrase in your postulation jumps out at me ...... |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yes, you did |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
45. But businesses can grow |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. There is no shortage of cheap labor on a global basis. |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
99. Business does not need to import cheap foreign labor. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
117. What "business growth"?? |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
51. this bill is a poison pill designed to turn us all against each other |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:33 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. It amazes me how many people can not think outside of the 'solutions' |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
56. You're right. Plus, there are plenty of people who can't hire coyotes |
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APPLE314 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
59. Jobs - Yes .... Citizenship - No .... Minimum wage increase - Yes |
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Mathew952 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
67. My view... |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. We already allow 1 million LEGAL immigrants into the country every year |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. America for the Americans!! |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I asked for serious discussion only |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. (shrug) Rock on - defend fundamentally racist positions all you want. |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. The law of supply/demand is racist? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Deleted message |
Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
82. Race Baiting! |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #82 |
136. Well Put |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #82 |
148. Yes. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
96. I support that view |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
84. So if I have a restaurant and it is doing well and I want to expand |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Nope. . . |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #84 |
129. Simple Problem, Simple Solution |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #85 |
101. Williams v. Mohawk Industries case |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. It would be nice if the plaintiffs would win. . . |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. This is a very important case |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #101 |
130. Thanks for the link |
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APPLE314 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
86. Jobs Yes -- Citizenship No |
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SeaBob (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Mexican workers |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. No foreign aid. . . |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #91 |
128. Economic Development |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
89. "Allowing 10+ million people into the workforce and giving them |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:29 PM Response to Reply #89 |
120. Cheap Labor |
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PsycheCC (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #89 |
151. Great post. Some estimates go from 66 million new immigrants to |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
112. Blue collar American workers are in serious trouble |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
113. Illegal Immigration Suppresses Wages |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. Excellent post! |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Thanks |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #118 |
125. I appreciate the data - again |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Data: Unemployment, Real Wages, & Statistical Manipulation |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. The real wage has definitely declined, no question |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #134 |
140. No one's ignoring anything |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
131. Labor arbitrage |
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JHH (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
132. Democrat's need to wake up and become the party of labor again |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Exactly |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. You have got to be kidding! |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. No, you've gotta be kidding |
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ny_liberal (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #138 |
146. Working class has been sold out to the upper class |
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PsycheCC (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #138 |
147. House Republicans at least appear to be listening to the will of |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
141. Kick |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
142. multiple aspects, some studies |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. NoSlaves.com -- Excellent Site |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #143 |
150. The folks at VDARE are big fans of Borjas |
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PsycheCC (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
144. Great post! One estimate is that at least 66 million immigrants over |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. Exactly |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
149. Kick |
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