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3752hmmm, can you be more specific?SARMAN10/2/2007
3751But isn't every immigrant dream to live the American dream. They will do anSARMAN10/2/2007
3750The bottom line is that we like to save out hard earned money. I kind of agree SARMAN10/2/2007
3749After they worked off the debt, in Maryland they got 5 acres and two hos. not balongnshort10/2/2007
3748there were times when I was doing gardening or lawn mowing or snow shoveling - mkumar10/2/2007
3747the point I was trying to make - its not slavery ie free labor - its repayment okumar10/2/2007
3746Correct! One of mine was an Irish landowner whom Cromwell captured in the 1640&KLP10/2/2007
3745A lot of early American settlers were indentured servants who were bound to workManyMoose10/2/2007
3744back then, the land that is called India today, included Afghanistan, Pakistan, kumar10/2/2007
3743Sounds like your Great grandfather was starting to divest himself of slavery. IManyMoose10/2/2007
3742<<Slavery is an abomination that probably has been practiced for millenniaIsh10/2/2007
3741I think employers who hire illegals should be held to account.ManyMoose10/2/2007
3740I wasn't talking about you parents or grand parents, I was thinking like 30-longnshort10/2/2007
3739:-) I did the work to earn it, and to lose it.kumar10/2/2007
3738go to the local Home Depot on a weekend morning around 8AM - u will find labor tkumar10/2/2007
3737You retained the scars and the ability to make $250 grand, which you will do agaManyMoose10/2/2007
3736hah! it was 1985 - I left India with 1 suitcase of clothes, and $500 in my wallekumar10/2/2007
3735If you lost $250 grand, then you are better off than when you started. They alwManyMoose10/2/2007
3734We are in perfect agreement, then. Nice discussion.ManyMoose10/2/2007
3733au contraire - my parents and their parents lived in a time where it was common kumar10/2/2007
3732I'm not a millionaire - I lost $250K when the tech bubble burst. But I beliekumar10/2/2007
3731It really depends on what skills America needs - one can be a carpenter or a lawkumar10/2/2007
3730Still exists in the Muslim worldlongnshort10/2/2007
3729Slavery is an abomination that probably has been practiced for millennia by everManyMoose10/2/2007
3728That, Kumar, is the skill that millionaires have. It is precisely the kind of sManyMoose10/2/2007
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