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To: bentway who wrote (263436)	12/5/2005 3:39:18 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573427

I bet they won't do it and they don't..... If they would, they would be hired in a heart beat... So who's to blame, the Mexican's or the lazy kids. But also consider that the Mexicans are doing a helluva lot more than mowing lawns these days. They have become expert stone masons and brick masons, and in general almost any construction job you can name. I personally admire their work ethic....

To: bentway who wrote (263436)	12/5/2005 6:59:22 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573427

Agreed. I run into high school students all the time that can't find a job.

To: bentway who wrote (263436)	12/5/2005 8:02:16 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573427

re: I don't hold it against the Mexicans, but I'll bet American kids would do it if the Mexicans didn't, certainly in suburban neighborhoods. That's not the point. In the old days (of limited immigration) the really shitty jobs payed pretty well, because they were, well, pretty shitty jobs. This put pressure on the next higher level of jobs... if a person couldn't make a good living in a clerical job or service job, they could be a garbage collector and make a decent buck. This put pressure on the wage chain, all the way up... Now, with the "conservative" policy of almost unlimited low end immigration, there are no downstream options. Shitty jobs pay shitty wages; no wage pressure to the next level up... and thus to the next level up... on and on. Great for corporations that are getting record profits with cheap labor while workers teeter at the knifes edge of financial survival. Then you have gerrymandering and corporate contributions that guarantee reelection; Democracy? "Of the people, by the people, for the people"? Not. No resemblance. John