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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (178034)	1/19/2009 4:48:04 PM
From: XBrit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I'm trying to imagine a bunch of unemployed financial analysts and Circuit City clerks picking strawberries in the fields down by Monterey.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (178034)	1/19/2009 4:53:33 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

I think that most "American Citizens" won't even entertain hanging out by the Home Depot looking for day labor gigs or going out to the strawberry fields and bending over to pick fruit. I think most American Citizens consider this work below them and therefore their (the migrant workers) presence isn't taking jobs from American Citizens at all. What I find interesting is that we are in a situation where we don't have the (legitimate) population base to support our biggest entitlement program (social security). In my mind, if we can get a person to pay taxes, it really doesn't matter where they are born. A productive person is a productive person regardless of where they are born. Same with a parasitic person. Do you think that all persons born within the US borders are productive members of society?