I see a lot of them losing their jobs to illegal workers. A bad job to you may be a pretty good job to a lot of people. 40k a year is a lot of money to a lot of people in this state. In Kentucky the average household income is $37k.
$10 an hour washing cars gets you about 20k a year. The average income in Kentucky is 21k a year. If car washes were paying $10 an hour you wouldn't have illegal immigrants working them. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:57 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: immigration question > > Illegal immigrants are not taking jobs from Americans, that argument is a > canard. People come from Mexico, etc. and go whereever they can in the > country to find work. If work is in DC, they go to DC. If work is in > Seattle, they go to Seattle. If work is in Idaho Falls, they go to Idaho > Falls. And they go to work low skill, low wage jobs that almost no one > wants, in part because the jobs are bad jobs, but in part because the jobs > are not in the right location. How many Americans do you see moving > halfway > across the country and living in a shack in the sticks, maybe in a crowded > place with other people like them, in order to make $10/hr washing cars, > tending lawns, or doing construction work? Maybe they would move, if the > job > paid $40K a year plus benefits, but that just isn't going to happen. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201657 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
