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To: Elroy who wrote (275839)	2/21/2006 10:13:45 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

re: You miss my point entirely. You seem upset that the US barber only gets $10 per hour, and perhaps only $9 per hour next year. My question is how do you feel about the non-US barber who gets only $2 an hour, this year and next? Anything for him, or no? Like I said, "sure". I worry first about my family, then my communities. If your sister were suffering, would you worry about the poor folks in Darfur first or more because they are suffering worse? I've clearly said that I worry more about the US citizen that works at Walmart and can't make ends meet than I do about the day laborer in the UAE. It's my country, it's a democracy, I feel responsible. And so I support changes that will make things better for US citizens. John PS I also give to charities that help the poorest folks in other countries... but I can't change their politics.

To: Elroy who wrote (275839)	2/21/2006 3:35:23 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574096

Sure. But I'm a US citizen first. You think "globalization" is going to lower the cost of a haircut in the US? Folks will fly to the ME for a cheaper haircut? No... but illegal (and legal) immigration CAN lower the wage of US barbers. You miss my point entirely. You seem upset that the US barber only gets $10 per hour, and perhaps only $9 per hour next year. My question is how do you feel about the non-US barber who gets only $2 an hour, this year and next? Anything for him, or no? Therein lies the problem.......the huge disparity between how we live in the States and how most of the rest of the world lives. Maybe that's why the feds ignore illegal immigration and keep legal immigration quotas from poorer countries fairly high. The world is getting smaller.........the American way of life may become harder to defend.