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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (133661)	3/27/2001 2:00:11 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (3) of 769667

A couple of years ago my husband and I drove through the hills near where we live looking at some houses. The realtors signs on the road said " enter,mansions for sale". As we drove along the hillside looking at the beautiful area with very exquisite homes we spent alot of time discussing the different decors and prices that we expected the homes would sell for. It was a development of new,very large homes. We suddenly got to the bottom of the hill and the road twisted by a migrant camp that was based in the flats. We both looked at each other and wondered what it must be like to live in that camp of poor field workers and constantly look up the hill at all those extravagant homes. Nobody works harder than a field worker who spends the day bent over in the hot, boiling sun picking the seasonal crops.They work for low wages and minimal benefits so that we can have reasonably priced food. No American would take their job for the pay scale yet we constantly make fun of them and try to drive them out of our country and back into Mexico. Who here would like to pay $9.95 for a head of lettuce so we could give their jobs to Americans? The people in the large homes had possibly worked hard, but had inherited money and businesses and also had some luck along the way. They didn't work harder than the migrants in the camp. Working hard is not the only criteria for success. My husband is a Republican who was so moved by the experience he now is careful to tip better in restaurants and is careful to give an extra few bucks to anyone who shows initiative. He realized that everyone has to make money for the economy to boom. Otherwise you have these poor individuals looking My husband and I have worked hard but we have been lucky and we have had help that isn't available to most. We thank God and spread what we have around. Not because we feel guilty because we have done well, but because it's the right thing to do.

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