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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:38 PM Original message |
It's a damn lie that they can't find Americans to fill these jobs. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I heard Indians make up the largest group of illegal |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes...their country is like China with billions. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 04:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. That would be 2nd-largest |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Well it's not true at all |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. You are correct but they are the fastest growing segment |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's true they come from all over the world in Sancturay |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. And you expected something else from comcast? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Comcast discontinued my CSPANII channel which is the |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Did they discontinue it completely or just move it to a higher teer |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. In the meat packing industry, no less. People used to make a living, not subsistence, |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's right, all sorts of factory jobs used to pay quite decent wages, |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. and the meat was better and healthier |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Yes, I remember the days of union wages in the packing houses. |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I worked for Oscar Meyer for a short time back in the late sixties |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. If they paid proper wages, Americans would jump at these jobs |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. right here |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Been sayin since before Reagan that the GOP wants US to be 3rd World Country |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. oh, i'm ITA with you! |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. The corporations are using the illegals from all over the world |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 04:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You and me both |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Our goal has been lost to bring them up to us not us |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. How about... |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Borders aren't imaginary |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. The corporations are using the illegals from all over the world |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Most American Corps & Agri- biz like things the way they are. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The farm corporations like cheap labor but we don't even |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Amazing |
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