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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (134486)	11/9/2001 2:33:39 PM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

>> Craig and Patzi think the solution is to kick them all out and shut the doors behind them << yup. this inn't the boarding house for the world you goddamn traitor. >> Patzi carries it further by expressing fear that "they" will soon outnumber "us", << truth is truth. >> First, we need to provide a means for workers to come here legally, some perhaps as "guest workers" who come for a fixed period of time and then return home (they might apply later for residency, but if the program works well, many will want to return home since they know they can come back again later - legally). << stupid liberal! always believing some new government idea or program will solve the problem. >> Second, with this program in place to meet our economic need for workers in low-skilled/low-paying jobs, we need to crack down on those employing/exploiting illegal immigrants. << more and bigger government. nice liberal solution! >> Opposition to this kind of arrangement comes from two sides - the xenophobes and those who benefit from the presence of illegals, e.g. the carpet industry in north Georgia << opposition to your idiotic ideas should come from all patriotic, rational, thinking americans.

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (134486)	11/9/2001 2:52:08 PM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 164684

let's examine your stupid idea a little closer. >> First, we need to provide a means for workers to come here legally, some perhaps as "guest workers" who come for a fixed period of time and then return home (they might apply later for residency, but if the program works well, many will want to return home since they know they can come back again later - legally). << mexicans can come and go as they please already. introducing a larger govt bureaucracy to process them legally accomplishes nothing. why would they want to sign up for your program when there aren't any benefits to be had for them? >> Second, with this program in place to meet our economic need for workers in low-skilled/low-paying jobs, we need to crack down on those employing/exploiting illegal immigrants. << you failed to address what happens to the "guest workers" you would invite here. do they pay taxes? do they get some sort of minimum wage? how does all this work?