>>>>> "Lorin" == Lorin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lorin> I get annoyed at people who feel they have a more intrisic
Lorin> right to work, just because they're grandfather immigrated
Lorin> here instead of their father. The problem is not how many
Lorin> H1-b visas are alowed in, it is that companies are allowed
Lorin> to pay them less, and work them harder in the same jobs.
Well put. This view of US citizenship does the world much harm. I
used to think it contradictory that Americans spout freedom rhetoric
while supporting oppressive monarchies. Now I just think its cynical.
We do support freedom -- for citizens, as we have since the slave
days. Only now, loosely speaking, the slaves live outside the
country. [Erik: did the slave owning ancient greeks consider freedom
to be a virtue?]
Lorin> The only difference is the Blue collar guys are finally
Lorin> beginning to stop blaming the only people poorer than them.
An interesting idea. I wonder if it's really true. It's hard for me
to imagine the beer swilling American Joe snuggling up to his hispanic
comrades. Where have you read/learned/experienced this trend? It
looks like everybody and their mother is angling to get into bed with
the hispanics. Demographics: if you can't beat em, join em.
JDH
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