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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:39 AM Original message |
'Desperation' in immigrant communities |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. What recession? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. poverty is a blessing |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. A harsh reality.. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They are covered by tax law. They pay withholding tax and FICA and Medicare tax. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Wrong... |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. No I am not wrong. I was the controller for the largest labor contractor in the San Joaquin Valley. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Except the ones being held in virtual captivity by "employers". |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Many of the undocumented workers I have worked with had SS# 's- under assumed names. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. "displaced" somebody else used that word in another discussion |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And I suppose Barbara Jordan was just another racist.... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Did Barbara use the words "displaced African Americans by hispanics"? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. Cry me a freaking river.... |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Those "people" don't deserve sympathy , don't you know that ! |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. They deserved not to become the new slave trade... |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. What is preventing the government from giving them rights ? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. But that's the American dream! |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Take it with a grain of salt |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Stroszek |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. U.S. policies encourage them to come (to be second class, cheap labor for Big Business) |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yet even mentioning the phrase 'cheap labor' will get attacked |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. As will mentioning "racists" and "xenophobe", as it should be. DU'ers should be able to discuss |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It all depends what you call cheap labor |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Because calling exploited people 'guest workers' is so much more polite. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. They would probably be better off going back home. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. yes America with its HUGE unemployment is going to get worse |
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