“It all comes from China,” he explained. They have to order it early. It comes in shipping containers, and since the warehouse isn’t air conditioned, they end up with it in stores early to prevent it from melting. Christmas merchandise, too, comes from China and must be ordered early.
Sarah said it was a shame that we didn’t put more Americans to work in factories making it here instead of sending our money to a “communist” country. It seems like, for the cost of shipping, we could pay Americans to do it.
“We couldn’t get people to show up,” the manager explained, “and they expect too much money even before they prove what they can do.” On the other hand, Hispanics are hard workers, he observed. They’ll do anything you ask them. But they’re illegal. If we could just make them legal...
Let’s recap. All flag-pin rhetoric to the contrary:
• Americans workers aren’t the best, most competitive workers in the world.
• Americans workers are slothful and greedy.
• The immigration issue is about the legal risks for employers hiring illegals.
• Illegal workers are more desirable than American workers because they work hard, come cheap, and do what they’re told.
Conservative patriotism.
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Well, I tell ya .... there may be some truth to this. I really think that progressives need to look at this issue a little more carefully and not dismiss it so easily. Dismissal just feeds the right-wing's perception of progressives as being "liberals".
Ahhh .... I meant "elitists" instead of "liberals" in the above comment.
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