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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (499271)11/26/2003 6:54:13 PM
From: American Spirit  Respond to of 769670
 
So tax-payers pay $500,000 for one checkout girl job.
Actually that's not quite accurate. Most of that money goes to the very rich ot to wars and special interests.



To: sea_biscuit who wrote (499271)11/26/2003 10:45:58 PM
From: Rick McDougall  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
<The only jobs seem to be picking lettuce in the fields, and for that, the agribusiness folks pay 2 bucks an hour.>....they import Mexicans for those jobs


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