Don't say...who's going to pick the fruit(lame)
Don't say we need them for cheap labor(they hurt the economy
that way..fact)
What else is there......hmm.....can't think of anything....well if they were legal then they would be all good
2006-09-06 06:47:20 · 26 answers · asked by hittykkiod 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Most western countries have flat population growth or even declining populations. The US is conspicuous in that its population is actually growing, and much of that is due to immigration (legal and illegal). This is not necessarily a great thing but it is not necessarily a bad thing.
Almost all other western countries (Germany, France, Japan, for example) are facing serious problems with replacing workers to maintain their economies. The US is not. These same western countries have big deficits looming to pay for retirees' benefits and pensions. The US is much better off in this regard.
The reason why I can expect to receive Social Security in a few years is because of the US's population growth, legal and illegal. Really, I'll be retiring on the backs of illegal workers that I will never meet. It's a sobering thought but I can live with it.
And the legal children of the illegals you detest will be the next generation of highly productive and well-educated workers, preserving the US's economy well into the future. They'll pay for your retirement, too.
2006-09-06 07:01:08 · answer #1 · answered by pvreditor 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If all 12 to 20 million illegals left today, they wouldn't be missed. The USA would continue.
I get tired of pro-illegals saying all Americans are sitting on their verandas drinking mint julips while the illegals do all the hard work. What a bunch of baloney.
Welcome to all legal immigrants. Goodbye to illegals. They're lawbreakers and border sneakers and they don't need to be here.
2006-09-06 14:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by sister_godzilla 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They have given us hours of entertainment on this board.
And to add to Rox's statement, they keep the Border Patrol busy too.
I think they also have made our Government-sweat a bit since they had to address what they didn't want too.
The labor stuff is Baloney-we all know that. They need us not the other way around.
2006-09-06 14:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by *** The Earth has Hadenough*** 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Hmmm,one good thing...I've got two.One is 5yrs old and the other is 4yrs old.Two of the cutest little boys you've ever seen.Yup,their illegal father did two great things.
I understand the ploy against illegal immigration.And i think something should be done to fix the problem,but being sarcastic and hateful just aren't the ways.To be against something is one thing,but to be mean is another.
My husband is at the moment still illegal.We are working on that as I write this.But,well,if he was legal,I can't figure out how he would be any better or worse than now.Legality doesn't automatically make a person good.Hmmm,sorry,don't get it.
2006-09-06 14:10:12 · answer #4 · answered by Fluttery 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
If these Mexicans are working less then they should be paid what hell are we suppose to do. Hell it's free country. All these Mexicans like to complain but none seem in any hurry to leave.
First they pick fruit, now it's roads,houses,bridges, soon they will breathe air for you, just who does pick the fruit ?
2006-09-06 14:05:02 · answer #5 · answered by Zoe 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Please cite your source(s) for:
"they hurt the economy that way..fact"
You would rather their labor substitute -- American teenagers and college students -- serve coffee, McChickens, nanny, demolish and landscape -- at inflated wages -- than pursue internships and office jobs?
The consensus in business education is that the United States workforce must become more creative and knowledge-based to compete well with China.
2006-09-06 14:05:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Modern day illegals or the english and Irish that came here? Come on who cares really. Ask why your country doesn't give as much mullah to Mexico as they do Israel and maybe we would not have an "illegal" problem. Next figure out why the DEA is a cash business. Or how much oil is more important than life. Come on, Mexicans or the least of this world's problems. Someday we may need them when someone gets pissed enouogh at our country and we need some place to flea. Oh and a southener may not have time to go to Canada.
2006-09-06 13:54:57 · answer #7 · answered by Labatt113 4 · 4⤊ 6⤋
Well, if you think an economy with somewhere around 7 million fewer workers is a good idea then you're not very well-informed.
That's not to say it wouldn't be a WHOLE lot better if we had decent border control and only LEGAL workers in this country.
2006-09-06 13:51:52 · answer #8 · answered by Walter Ridgeley 5 · 4⤊ 5⤋
Uh, they, uh, well, they also.....hmm, can't think of anything....oops, just thought of something - they give the US Border Patrol something to do in hunting them down.
2006-09-06 17:16:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i tell you what! with what is going on in the world today,fighting the 3rd world, we sending all our young people over there to fight,we will soon have no more volunteers to enlistees. Please! my opinion only"""i see them as not the enemy or a threat to humanity,at least they are not making weapon of distruction or packing as sucide bombers, we need to unite and accept them,because i tell you what! "we are dam sure going to need them "when another threat hit this country. "just my opinion" plz respect my opinion.....
2006-09-06 14:13:35 · answer #10 · answered by rose m 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋