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Texas Rep. Lamar Smith: "We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers."

Posted by stewie (aka whysoserious) Jul 4 '10, 09:05

How out of touch do you have to be to believe that?

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and cut the rest in half too by stopping using prisoners as workforce - Danedukenuuk Jul 4, 11:21
only if American born people are willing to work 12 hours a day in the sun picking fruit for $5 an hour. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 4, 09:22 9
- Hah! This is 1990s thinking. It's not that way anymore. Read my example. I see it every day. $10 an hour, 2 weeks vacation, Monday off for 4th of - Bacon Jul 4, 09:25 8
  - In our area, the illegals get $20 an hour. no kidding -- nm - CQ Jul 4, 09:27 7
    - I need to move out there. No joke. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 11:12
    - Almost all of them work very very hard. I see why employers desire them. When you can't work every job in the country you have to really keep the one - Bacon Jul 4, 09:28 5
      - absolutely, they work hard, are punctual, and earn their pay. local high school kids who should be doing the same are spoiled asses -- nm - CQ Jul 4, 09:37 4
        
        I can't believe that none of ross's friends work. who would I be, how would I know what I had to lose, had I not worked shit jobs in high school. - miss amanda jones Jul 4, 09:48 1
        
        That I know, it started in the late 80's....started seeing it with some of my friends but its so noticeable now.... - Walt_Disney Jul 4, 10:01
        
        Ding! going to stereotype, but, "I have a date Friday night I need it off" "I have nobody to cover your shift" "I quit" - Bacon Jul 4, 09:40 1
        
        That said by the way. Because I did have a point. It was a good entry point into the job sector. - Bacon Jul 4, 09:41
He does have a point though. We have done many many news stories in Liberal old Portland about how teens cannot find jobs in the fast food industry - Bacon Jul 4, 09:18 7
- I think *you* have a point... I don't think he has anything but a lie. -- nm - stewie Jul 4, 09:32 5
  - Well I use facts like news stories. Politicians use emotions to ramp up their bases. - Bacon Jul 4, 09:38 4
    - Sure, but you need to define "couldn't find an American to do the job" very clearly, otherwise you're asking them to prove a negative -- nm - Roger More Jul 4, 10:27 3
      - I know that HRSDC up here has a list of occupations that they issue work visa's for this very reason.... - Walt_Disney Jul 4, 10:46
      - Affirmative action programs do that all the time. -- nm - Bacon Jul 4, 10:29 1
        
        Then that's fine :) (we don't really have affirmative action, so I didn't think of it) -- nm - Roger More Jul 4, 10:40
- My cousin is a pipe fitter. Union wages. His companies are always underbid by cheap illegal labor. - Bacon Jul 4, 09:20
Not all illegal aliens have day labor or food service jobs. -- nm - lileve Jul 4, 09:15
Right...I'm gonna take a job at minimum wage to make less than I'm getting in unemployment benefits? Sorry....not! -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 4, 09:09 6
- Pardon my ignorance, but why are unemployment benefits better than minimum wage? -- nm - nubby Jul 4, 09:27 3
  - For a 40-hour week at minimum wage I'd clear considerably less than I do on unemployment. - MojaveMeg Jul 4, 10:05
  - taking jobs you are overqualified for can hurt you when you try to re-enter your desired industry - stewie Jul 4, 09:38 1
    - They do what your IM says too keep the tsunami of resumes down to a manageable number. -- nm - Bacon Jul 4, 09:42
- or parlay your nice new college degree into a job as a day labrorer -- nm - stewie Jul 4, 09:10 1
  - hey! -- nm - CQ Jul 4, 09:24

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Texas Rep. Lamar Smith: "We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers."

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