Pavel Lishin Verified

I did not see this coming.

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Scott Doyle Verified

I must be missing something. Sure, cost of living down there is lower...but so is earning potential.

What does gas have to do with staying here or going back there?

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Pavel Lishin Verified

I was also not aware that all that many day-laborers drove. I guess I'm either ignorant or racist, or something.

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Jason Rice Verified

Adding to the irony - people in border areas are now crossing the border to Mexico to fill up their gas guzzlers. Mexico subsidizes gasoline dropping the price to almost half current US rates
NPR: Cheap Gas in Mexico Lures U.S. Motorists

So Pavel, maybe someone else will pay for a wall ;o)

DC - yeah, the "otherwise we'd pay $80 for our lawns and $15 for our fancy salads" argument for undocumented workers deftly skirts the real issue of undervaluation of human labor, and now completely unvested residents, eh? I mean, when does "convenience" become decadence?

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Jason Rice Verified

sorry - meant jtmbls about the wall. I slipped. Pavel's my left wing checkpoint, jtmbls is my right. ;o)

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John McClelland Verified

Add to that I saw a news blurb a few weeks ago that non-US born hispanics now have a higher unemployment rate than US born hispanics forthe first time. And that is mainly due to the downturn in the housing market since many were carpenters, etc.

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Scott Doyle Verified

Clearly it's a politician's preferred term allowing wiggle room. This way it's implied they're illegal without being labeled as such.

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Jason Rice Verified

I just can't believe the insensitivity!

12ozfred - you should know better

(specifically than to make me spew coke from my nose and have to explain to coworkers how that can be funny and yet me not be a complete bigot ::Add to Favorites::click::)

And jtmbls, as of 3:25 EST the term "non-US born hispanics" was deemed reprehensibly offensive and should be referred to as "citizenship-challenged" or "other-nationed."

I am completely Offended

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Scott Doyle Verified

DC, I prefer to call them Lopez.

And I knew I wasn't going loco back in March! Botched the actual user, but cut me some slack - Donna Chen's initials are DC. =P

DC and cohort need separate accts, imo.

Reading back through some of that thread...what the hell happened to Geoff Keah?

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