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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elroy who wrote (315837)12/15/2006 2:54:34 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (3) of 1578537
 
re: Agreed, but your solution kills jobs and probably causes more economic damage than the alleged improvements you theorize but have little real world support for.

Bull... we've survived quite well with much lower immigration.

re: You never answered the question on what % wages would need to increase to attract Americans to the jobs held by illegals.

That's because it's a stupid question. Every job is different.

re: And your example is a meat packing plant? Let me guess, the operating margins on that business are maybe 4%? Increase their labor expenses, and voila, no more plant. Next thing you know we've got America importing packed meat from Mexico, thanks John...

You obviously know nothing about the business. First, Swift and Co is big business, not small business as you claimed. Second, less than 10% of their employees were illegals, hardly enough to put them out of business, but a significant number of jobs for real Americans. You don't like real Americans, do you?

re: If your source of the idea that corporations are reporting record profits is the S&P 500, and there are few illegals in S&P 500 companies, doesn't lots of your thesis go out the window.

How do you know there are few illegals is S&P 500 companies? If S&P companies are reporting record profits then it's likely smaller companies are earning record profits.

re: I don't think meat packing plants are reporting record profits (but what do I know).

Not much but you have an impressive record of making shit up.
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