>>>>Sorry that speaking against ILLEGAL immigrants is narrow-minded crap in your world.
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>>>I am glad that the most important problem of the decade is getting your due attention.
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>>Who ever said it was the most important? It's just the one I'm bringing up recently. If you have something different you would like to discuss, start a thread.
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>My intention was to get Mike's attention, not yours - we've had quite a bit recently, hadn't we?

Ah, but I started the thread. I think Mike and I are pretty much on the same page and he wouldn't mind if I responded.

>Don't you think that the whole III (illegal immigration issue) is a huge stinky red herring? The magic of outsourcery has taken far more jobs, not to mention the jobs which were not created in the first place. The whole reversal of the last 70 years of safety nets and civil rights (and putting Social Security into private pockets was just the start), and generally the American capitalism getting under its own influence is what has eroded the standard and pretty much removed the middle class from the scene. III is just the scapegoat at hand.

Sounds like a great topic for a new thread. Except that part about the scapegoat at hand. In my area it's very evident that it's a problem. I think Virginia has about half of what we have, but I live in a more concentrated area. I know, move, right? No, this is my home, and was long before it became a hotbed for illegals. Gotta say, the last graph I looked at had CA and TX really throwing the curve. Good thing it's mostly liberals in CA, but I wonder how all those ten-gallon hatters are taking it in TX? I guess I should feel fortunate I don't live in a border state. Well, not one where anyone is crossing directly into anyway.