Free traders will never answer this... if immigrants are needed here...

[joeglow3]

155. I have a problem with this post

My father was a drywaller, one of those professions that "Americans don't want to work." Thing, he was a proud union member who enjoyed his job and the financial resources it provided for him to raise his family. Then, in the 1980's his profession was flooded with illegal immigrants. Union company after union company was busted. His wages dropped year after year. Friends of his lost their job because they couldn't afford the pay cuts and they ended up losing everything. My family spent years worried about if we would have a house next month. I clearly remember my mother making mac and cheese for dinner every night and making our clothes.

Then, 10 years later, after wages dropped through the floor, people arrogantly claimed, "the immigrants work the jobs Americans won't." I call bull fucking shit on this. We allowed them to destroy the profession Grapes of Wrath style and THEN claimed we need illegal immigrants for their jobs.

I am a proud Democrat. Sadly, after feeling like he got fucked over by the Democratic party, my father refuses to vote for a Democrat. I continue to try and get him to change his stubborn ways, while also trying to debunk this bullshit view that destroys our working class.