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Home Front: Culture Wars
Of meat, Mexicans and social mobility
2006-06-21
Originally printed in The Economist and re-printed at the Hispanic-American Center for Economic Research. Read the article; this is why we have little to fear from immigration from the south.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  The discussion is not about the worth of hard working immigrants. I so tire of this red herring. The topic is ILLEGAL immigration. Sure, many go on to live the American dream. Good on them, we all wish them well and welcome them. The real issue is that business benefit from cheap labor and we taxpayers pay the bill for the services for it. They sell it to us that we are saving so much money on lettuce and lawn care. BS.

It's an immoral shadow class. Make them legal -make a legal immigration system that works. Is it really too much to ask for? They say American citizens won't do these jobs for the wages paid. Who will do it when we make them all legal? Riddle me that, Batman!
Posted by: 2b   2006-06-21 19:55  

#7  Steve,
It is very obvous to the Mexicans who actually come here that living here is much better than in Mexico.
The desire for the "reconquista" is from the Mexican elites (in Mexico) and the Chicano equivelent of "Trustafarians".
When the Mexican consulate in Seattle tried a voter registration drive for the last Mexican elections, only 1/1000th of the people eligible registered.
The "reconquista" is as real as "Fitzmas" in DC.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2006-06-21 12:37  

#6   uniting California and Arizona with Mexico

Does it ever occur to the Greater Aztlan crowd that the reason Cali and Arizona are attractive is because they are *not* Mexico? After you expand the economic dumpster that is our neighbor to the south, where will you go next?
Posted by: SteveS   2006-06-21 10:06  

#5  You mean fear like this.
Posted by: Cravish Grolunter8216   2006-06-21 08:21  

#4  Mod fight!
Posted by: 6   2006-06-21 06:57  

#3  No Threat! I have heard Mex-Ams (or whatever) openly speak about uniting California and Arizona with Mexico, when they have the numbers. People should do the math, before they make snap judgments.
Posted by: Shurt Angaimble9728   2006-06-21 04:29  

#2  Meat, Mexicans and Social Mobility. That would make an excellent suggestion for the Episcopal Church's alternative description of the Trinity, no?
Posted by: Tibor   2006-06-21 02:41  

#1  I won't open a comment war.

Suffice it to say North Carolina is not California. Or Arizona.
Posted by: Pappy   2006-06-21 00:46  

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