jlf1961
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Joined: 6/10/2008 From: Somewhere Texas Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: LadyDemura Still not really seeing the problem with Mexicans coming here. They spend money here, and do jobs Americans aren't willing to do for the wage/lack of benefits the people that employ them offer. I sure don't want to pay for the wall. Why don't the Tax Forms let you specify what you want your money spent on? Actually, at last report, half of what they earn goes back to their country of origin. As for the jobs they do that Americans wont, the majority come over as migrant ag workers and end up staying. And as mechanized as a lot of farm work is now, there are still many crops that have to be picked by hand. And the workers are payed, not by the hour, but by the case. If the field packer machine goes down for some reason, no on gets paid till it is fixed. So, you are right, most Americans wont do the work. Most Americans want a set pay per hour, and even the unskilled can make more at a burger joint in a day than 80% of farm workers. And to be honest, most Americans would not put up with a lot of the bullshit in the fields, simply because they know that they can find a better job with better pay with benefits anywhere else.
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