Immigration Issue

[Johnny O]

Assuming everyone was legal, if you cannot find enough people to fill a job(s) then you're either not paying enough or something else is wrong. So then you pay more and/or fix other problems such that you can attract and retain good workers and charge accordingly for your service and how many customers you have is a function of free-market supply and demand and your business is either worth doing or it isn't.

Couple years ago the newspaper here did an article about a shortage of school bus drivers. They said that the job paid $6.50 an hour. Well, duh.

I have one degree in economics and I used to teach it at the college level.

I also own a maid service so I know whereof I speak, although as I mentioned I'm in a place with declining population, income, and employment. Next week I'm opening another franchise in a neighboring county so I'm not sure how smart that makes me.

I've heard before that sometimes there's a fine line between genius and idiocy.

 

[Nelson Atwell]

Ok, this thread is very deep, but not as deep as the lyrics to this song, which some of the old-timers here may remember:

Cheech And Chong Lyrics - Mexican American Lyrics



Mexican Americans don't like to just get into gang fights,

they like flowers and music and white girls named Debbie too.



Mexican Americans are named Chata and Chella and Chima

and have a son in law named jeff.



Mexican Americans don't like to get up early in the morning

but they have to so they do it real slow.



Mexican Americans love education so they go to night school

and they take spanish and get a B.



Mexican Americans love their Nana's and their Nono's and their

Nena's and their Neno's........ Nano Nano Nena Nono!



Mexican Americans don't like to go to the movies where the

dude has to wear contact lenses to make his blue eyes brown

cause don't it make my brown eyes blue.....



"And thats all i got, how do ya like it?"

This song isn't politically correct, but it pokes fun at a lot of stereotypes which have been going around for decades.



This is another stereotype:



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Here are some facts:

IRAQ: U.S. DEATHS BY ETHNICITY

RACE/ETHNICITY Army AirForce Marine Navy Total Percentage

American Indian or Alaska Native 14 0 12 0 26 1.13%

Asian 20 0 1 3 24 1.05%

Black or African American 196 3 31 5 235 10.24%

Hispanic or Latino 149 3 97 4 253 11.03%

Multiple races, pending, or unknown 26 1 16 0 43 1.87%

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 21 0 2 0 23 1%

White 1143 15 500 32 1690 73.67%

Total 1569 22 659 44 2294

 

[Gavin Allan]

Hey, I remember those lyricks!

 

[Johnny O]

Yeah, that was funny. Cheech and Chong were great.



Donde es da Santa Cleese?

The vato with the boney knees

He's comin' down the street with no chooz on his feet

And he's going to.....

Nah, nah, that's not it.....

 

[Jorge Dominguez]

Like President Reagan used to say: "Here we go again...".



Please differentiate between an immigrant and a political refugee. Just saying "Hispanics" does not cut it.



Now, the English language... What do you call "learn English"? Is it speaking it that only counts? Or is it writing it as well? From what I see, not a lot of Americans (let me first say that I am an American citizen) can write English well. Look at these replies and you will see.



JD.

 

[Johnny O]

Had to call USAirways' customer service today and got the Pakistan Division. Couldn't understand a friggen word. My hearing is not what it used to be, which didn't help matters any. This would be the same airline that laid off a few hundred customer service and reservations people locally who could speak English, at least as well as a Pittsburgher can. :lol:

We left on the road to hell a long time ago.