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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are mad that their privilege had been taken away. They can't deal with competing on a level playing field.[/quote]

Why do you think the playing field is level?

[b]Immigration, legal or otherwise, tends to lower wages.  Recent immigrants, legal or otherwise, are willing to work for less money and increase the labor pool driving down wages.[/b]

Low wage white guys likely weren't going to college to compete against non-whites, nor have direct political power (beyond that of voting) and thus don't have a position of power.[/quote]

See, the bolder is what bothers me. The immigrants come here for a better life, which is exactly what most of our ancestors did also. In exchange, they are paid low wages - not because they’re demanding low wages, but because that’s what businesses do — they pay the lowest wages they can. Businesses are not people - they have no compassion and only pay attention to the bottom line. They look at supply and demand. Don’t blame the immigrants. Instead, businesses say they have to hire immigrants because Americans don’t want the jobs. There are only a couple of responses to this: (1) the businesses are lying and Americans do want the jobs but won’t work for the low wages (hence, businesses should raise the wage to counter the forces of supply and demand) or (2) the businesses are telling the truth and people are unwilling to take the jobs for some reason, such as they don’t want to move to where the jobs are because they grew up there, etc.

Businesses are telling the government that they want and need immigrants — is it true or is it because they don’t want the increased expense of hiring American? And, in either situation, shouldn’t the Americans be willing to do those jobs, even if it means moving? We need to fix the system, and the focus needs to be on pushing businesses to “Hire American” instead of just pushing consumers to “Buy American.” [/quote]

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