Reply #197: It wouldn't matter if they really believed that or not. [View All]

[Ron Mexico]

The fact is that if they can make more money here than there, they'll take the job, no matter who loses it. Although like you I also know they're not stupid, I truly don't believe they're here to bail us out by taking those pesky unpleasant jobs that we lazy Americans won't take. They're here to upgrade their lives, our laws or people be damned. I don't have sympathy for them at all, and neither does anyone I know who lost their job to illegals. The only people I do know who have sympathy for them are those whose jobs aren't in danger, but how long will it be before a wave of illegals is as computer-savvy as a typical high school grad pulling down a decent wage?

The thing I don't get is how outsourcing jobs to lower-wage foreign workers is a bad thing unless those workers are here (illegally), using ogovernment services at our expense. I have never seen any estimate that indicates that whatever taxes they pay cover their use of services, so it affects all of us, particularly those in about a dozen states where there are so many illegals that congressional representation is affected. But if people complain about it, they're told to "embrace diversity" - as if they're not open-minded, not compassionate, or even racist. I'll keep my "embracing" to those here legally, thanks.

I lost my health insurance and had to yank my wife out of college (we kept her insurance, we just had to cut out things such as dinner out once a week). We make too much to qualify for anything, but not enough for health insurance for me. One broken bone or one night's stay in the hospital and I'm financially fucked for life, but as long as I'm "embracing diversity" (which isn't limited to people here legally, apparently), that's supposed to be okay. Yeah, right. I have to take a major drop in pay and see my taxes go to support the very people who took my job? Uh, no.

Eventually, people here who applaud illegal immigration and see it as a diversity issue might find their own jobs threatened. I'm not much of a Schadenfreude type, but since neither party wants to stop the flow of illegals, I can't wait until some of the "let them stay, you racist" types find themselves hurt by their own "compassion."