Comments on: Americans Need to Tear Down THIS Wall http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/08/24/americans-need-to-tear-down-this-wall/ Political News, Progressive Commentary, Liberal Opinions and Common Sense Conversation... Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:43:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stuart O'Neill http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/08/24/americans-need-to-tear-down-this-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-19594 Stuart O'Neill Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:28:51 +0000 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2318#comment-19594 excuse me that's about 320 hours a month to get by....<br /> excuse me that’s about 320 hours a month to get by….

]]> By: Stuart O'Neill http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/08/24/americans-need-to-tear-down-this-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-19593 Stuart O'Neill Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:27:35 +0000 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2318#comment-19593 Believe me Brother, they are doing work that no average American will do...period. Just a couple months ago a landscape firm that was willing to pay up to $15 an hour couldn't find Americans that could or would work that hard. Unemployment was already a problem in Orange County. So he was left validating as much as possible his workers documentation and hired the people who were willing to work so hard it would put me and most Americans in the ditch. <br /><br />I grew up in the Mexican ghetto (barrio) and I can tell they are the hardest working group of people in the world at very physical or long hours jobs.<br /><br />One of my friends, Efrin, works 70 hours a week at two fast food restuarants as a cook to support his family. And his wife works at a dry cleaners as well. That's about 120 hours a month to just get by. His only luxury is helping support a disabled father in Mexico.<br /><br />Don't bet on anyone leaving. Legal or not. If the Hispanic community, whatever country, documented or undocumented went on strike for a week, this country would fall about at the most basic and lowest levels.<br /> Believe me Brother, they are doing work that no average American will do…period. Just a couple months ago a landscape firm that was willing to pay up to $15 an hour couldn’t find Americans that could or would work that hard. Unemployment was already a problem in Orange County. So he was left validating as much as possible his workers documentation and hired the people who were willing to work so hard it would put me and most Americans in the ditch.

I grew up in the Mexican ghetto (barrio) and I can tell they are the hardest working group of people in the world at very physical or long hours jobs.

One of my friends, Efrin, works 70 hours a week at two fast food restuarants as a cook to support his family. And his wife works at a dry cleaners as well. That’s about 120 hours a month to just get by. His only luxury is helping support a disabled father in Mexico.

Don’t bet on anyone leaving. Legal or not. If the Hispanic community, whatever country, documented or undocumented went on strike for a week, this country would fall about at the most basic and lowest levels.

]]> By: Darrell Prows http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/08/24/americans-need-to-tear-down-this-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-19575 Darrell Prows Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:55:46 +0000 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2318#comment-19575 An interesting comment on the Bush presidency is that when he took office the presence of the "illegals" was actually an important contributing factor to our economic strength. Without them our workforce was simply not large enough. Fast forward eight years, however, and his mismanagement has created a situation where one of our strongest economic stimulation measures would be to drive folks back across the border, doing away with the surplus of workers that is now acting as a strong drag on our economy. Simply having these folks disappear from the scene at this point in time would create full employment, and, probably rising wages. Of course it would exacerbate conditions south of our border, creating future problems for which we will definitely pay a high future price, but we're not exactly known as being a real farsighted country. An interesting comment on the Bush presidency is that when he took office the presence of the “illegals” was actually an important contributing factor to our economic strength. Without them our workforce was simply not large enough. Fast forward eight years, however, and his mismanagement has created a situation where one of our strongest economic stimulation measures would be to drive folks back across the border, doing away with the surplus of workers that is now acting as a strong drag on our economy. Simply having these folks disappear from the scene at this point in time would create full employment, and, probably rising wages. Of course it would exacerbate conditions south of our border, creating future problems for which we will definitely pay a high future price, but we’re not exactly known as being a real farsighted country.

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