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In reply to the discussion: The Perfect Argument To Shut Down ‘Illegals Are Stealing Our Jobs’ Rhetoric [View all]ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)45. Is it the small numbers or
Is it the small numbers or the white people that merited your answer?
Is that not the definition of racism?
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The Perfect Argument To Shut Down ‘Illegals Are Stealing Our Jobs’ Rhetoric [View all]
kpete
Sep 2015
OP
If you want to make an absolute fortune in the trades with no illegal competition it's piss easy
whatthehey
Sep 2015
#19
The sign said nothing about being skilled or unskilled, or owning their own tools.
Brickbat
Sep 2015
#17
no, they're in competition with contractors that have crews of illegal immigrants
TheFarseer
Sep 2015
#72
Obama has fined and jailed many, many times as many 'illegal' employers as any other president.
pampango
Sep 2015
#22
THIS is the problem, and "guest worker" programs have basically made this kind of employment "legal"
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#62
Quite a few members here who have never got their fingers dirty or broke a sweat to earn their pay
Ikonoklast
Sep 2015
#69
That is precisely because they are illegally here and can't demand minimum wage
treestar
Sep 2015
#21
The vast California nut, legume, fruit and vegetable fields, etc., will not be picked for cheap by white folks.
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#29
Why do you want a discussion of the high end job troubles of only a few white people?? Ever been to an IT campus???
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#39
No! It is not the defintion!! But your posts obviously show you are getting warm...
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#50
taxes, fees and insurance make up between 25-40% of the cost of a legal employer's bid
questionseverything
Sep 2015
#81
A willingness to work on the cheap and off the books is a desirable skill for many employers.
Brickbat
Sep 2015
#3
Smug look of being correct..the jobs being "stolen" will not be done by the folks in the lawn chair!
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#28
Smug look of being MISLEAD, when it is the employers that don't want to pay a LIVING WAGE!!!
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#64
She sounds like a business owner using undocumented workers to steal wages from working people.
jtuck004
Sep 2015
#25
Disgusting is the operative word for some of the uniformed comments on a DU thread indeed!
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#33
If job stealing is the real issue then we should be fining the hell out of businesses that hire them
jalan48
Sep 2015
#31
So very wrong...What you say is what is said by all the RW xenophobes since time began...none of the economic experts...I go with the economic experts.
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#34
Sorry, I still go with the American economic expert's consensus opinions on the American situation. Thst is just me.
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#42
Immigrants (illegal or otherwise) are not mentioned at the link you provided. Abusive employers
pampango
Sep 2015
#48
What picture? The 3 striking workers interviewed were Black, Hispanic and White.
pampango
Sep 2015
#70
Well that's a "picture" only you would know. I thought I had mssed something. n/t
pampango
Sep 2015
#79
No Democrat is promoting illegal immigration. (Though you wouldn't know that listening to the GOP.)
pampango
Sep 2015
#36
Amnesia. Folks willingly or not have amnesia over the comprehensive immigration plan passed in
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#44