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2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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13. No doubt. Frankly, doing aide and personal assistant work

Reply to elleng (Reply #12)

Sun Sep 20, 2015, 02:53 PM

Sep 2015

is not a wonderful job. It's hard work and not always pleasant. Somali refugees have found out how to get the required training and are flocking to places that provide that training. Then, they're getting the jobs. Anyone else could do the same, of course, but it's not a job that is attractive to many people.

And so it has been for immigrant populations for a very long time.

They're not taking jobs that are eagerly sought after. They're taking jobs that are short of workers.

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Hillary Clinton Echoes Martin O'Malley's Early Call for U.S. to Accept 65k Syrian Refugees [View all] bigtree Sep 2015 OP

I have a better idea HassleCat Sep 2015 #1

I am glad Clinton and O'Malley are addressing the issue. What has Bernie said? Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #2

Easy for her to say when none of her family will be competing for those jobs LittleBlue Sep 2015 #3

the jobs complaint against refugees bigtree Sep 2015 #4

On the other hand, my mother-in-law, who now lives MineralMan Sep 2015 #7

Big trend, I'm sure, elleng Sep 2015 #12

No doubt. Frankly, doing aide and personal assistant work MineralMan Sep 2015 #13

Sanders father would have a different opinion. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #8

I still won't vote for her but it seems to be a step in the right direction. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2015 #5

Good for her. I think we should all support this. MineralMan Sep 2015 #6

MartinOMalley on need for U.S. to forge�not follow�public opinion in face of humanitarian crises. elleng Sep 2015 #9

K&R. n/t FSogol Sep 2015 #10

K&R! SonderWoman Sep 2015 #11

After ducking the question for weeks and letting O'Malley take the heat for leading askew Sep 2015 #14

Many of us KNOW who the REAL leader is, askew! elleng Sep 2015 #15

Too many are praising Hillary for doing the bare minimum while others are leading askew Sep 2015 #16

Sure is disappointing that people are praising her for FINALLY saying this elleng Sep 2015 #17

Yep, like I said the bar is set incredibly low for Hillary. askew Sep 2015 #19

Having voted for the clusterf*ck that caused these repercussions, it's the least she could do. AtomicKitten Sep 2015 #18

Two establishment candidates on the same page. What a surprise. I trust Obama to make the call. Skwmom Sep 2015 #20

Obama administration is responding by increasing the number they intend to admit bigtree Sep 2015 #21

Obama has the ability to get the DETAILED information that is needed to make this type of decision. Skwmom Sep 2015 #22

Gov. O'Mally isn't without his own sources of information; neither is the former SoS bigtree Sep 2015 #23

� bigtree Sep 2015 #24