I saw the acronym thing on day one, but it seemed too obvious to point out, so I didn't ... and it kept going, and going, and nobody mentioned it. It was the elephant in the room. It had to be someone, right?
As far as the rest about a "lack of definitive proof", this is one of the major issues I have with the direction this country has headed in in recent years. Not just during the Bush administration, mind you, but overall as a snowballing type effect: nobody's innocent until proven guilty anymore. It's the opposite.
I should have put this in my first post, but didn't: I find it somewhat ironic that Victoria makes all of these claims (8 uses of "illegal", one use of "lawbreaker"), yet the title of her next post was "jumping to conclusions".
I think it's a shame that we're all so cynical that nobody trusts anybody regarding anything anymore.
Are some illegal? Likely. Are they *all*? Who knows.
Because of what I'm going to write, I will be labeled by some as a communist, a socialist, or a "blame USA first" proponent (at this point, the insults reek of desperation).
Here's why I have no problem with the center existing:
There are jobs. Some employer has tasks for which they need employees. There is nothing stopping whites, Asians, Eskimos, albinos, the transgendered, or Victoria herself from going to this center to get one for a day.
(In fact, maybe this would be an interesting experiment - Victoria, how about taking a day off from the radio gig and waiting at the employment center yourself to see what goes on there? Maybe you'll find something out that will change my mind on this issue.)
Perhaps the money the employees make will be spent locally, helping the economy. Perhaps some of it will be sent to the families of the employees in another town, another state, or another country.
Whatever the amount of money this is can't compare, I would assume, to the money being spent by American companies outsourcing call centers to India, building factories in Mexico, or making textiles and clothing in Asia.
I think we're being penny wise and pound foolish in a lot of ways.
Since I expect my post to be deleted, here's what I wrote (so I can copy/paste it back onto her blog as often as necessary). There is NO foul language included, Vickie!
I also think that we're (and I speak of us directly, including Klatu/Jack) very lucky to be in the positions we find ourselves. We have safe places to live, we have computers, and we can afford internet service. These are luxuries to many, many people.
If a day center is going to pay someone - illegal or not - to help pay for basic needs, then as a HUMAN BEING who cares for other human beings, I say so be it. To some, this makes me un-American, because it doesn't "put America first". Whatever. White America can go wait in line and grab those jobs, then, and keep the "illegals" from getting them.
If not, there are jobs and people willing to do them. Good for those people for trying to better their own lives and become productive members of society.
As far as the rest about a "lack of definitive proof", this is one of the major issues I have with the direction this country has headed in in recent years. Not just during the Bush administration, mind you, but overall as a snowballing type effect: nobody's innocent until proven guilty anymore. It's the opposite.
I should have put this in my first post, but didn't: I find it somewhat ironic that Victoria makes all of these claims (8 uses of "illegal", one use of "lawbreaker"), yet the title of her next post was "jumping to conclusions".
I think it's a shame that we're all so cynical that nobody trusts anybody regarding anything anymore.
Are some illegal? Likely. Are they *all*? Who knows.
Because of what I'm going to write, I will be labeled by some as a communist, a socialist, or a "blame USA first" proponent (at this point, the insults reek of desperation).
Here's why I have no problem with the center existing:
There are jobs. Some employer has tasks for which they need employees. There is nothing stopping whites, Asians, Eskimos, albinos, the transgendered, or Victoria herself from going to this center to get one for a day.
(In fact, maybe this would be an interesting experiment - Victoria, how about taking a day off from the radio gig and waiting at the employment center yourself to see what goes on there? Maybe you'll find something out that will change my mind on this issue.)
Perhaps the money the employees make will be spent locally, helping the economy. Perhaps some of it will be sent to the families of the employees in another town, another state, or another country.
Whatever the amount of money this is can't compare, I would assume, to the money being spent by American companies outsourcing call centers to India, building factories in Mexico, or making textiles and clothing in Asia.
I think we're being penny wise and pound foolish in a lot of ways.
Since I expect my post to be deleted, here's what I wrote (so I can copy/paste it back onto her blog as often as necessary). There is NO foul language included, Vickie!
I also think that we're (and I speak of us directly, including Klatu/Jack) very lucky to be in the positions we find ourselves. We have safe places to live, we have computers, and we can afford internet service. These are luxuries to many, many people.
If a day center is going to pay someone - illegal or not - to help pay for basic needs, then as a HUMAN BEING who cares for other human beings, I say so be it. To some, this makes me un-American, because it doesn't "put America first". Whatever. White America can go wait in line and grab those jobs, then, and keep the "illegals" from getting them.
If not, there are jobs and people willing to do them. Good for those people for trying to better their own lives and become productive members of society.
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