Guest #1 June 22, 2006 Folks, Remember how months ago I said that with the exporting of jobs and the importing of cheap / illegal labor, the middle class would disappear? There is now a Brookings Institution study that proves it!! "We are increasingly being bifurcated on an economic basis," said Paul Ong, a professor of public affairs at the University of California at Los Angeles. "It has taken a big chunk out of the middle." Go ahead and blame Dubya, you silly libs."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rookie120 0 #2 June 22, 2006 QuoteRemember how months ago I said that with the exporting of jobs and the importing of cheap / illegal labor, the middle class would disappear? What are you talking about. Those poor illegals are just here doing jobs that the Americans wont do.If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #3 June 22, 2006 QuoteQuoteRemember how months ago I said that with the exporting of jobs and the importing of cheap / illegal labor, the middle class would disappear? What are you talking about. Those poor illegals are just here doing jobs that the Americans wont do. ______________________________________ Show me one American who wants to work on an assembly line, construction, drilling rigs, high security jobs! We need them illegals to keep wages down so that big business can get bigger. What does that professor know? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #4 June 22, 2006 >Those poor illegals are just here doing jobs that the Americans wont do. They are doing the jobs that americans don't want to do. Legals with the means/will to get an education don't have to do such jobs. Legals without the means/will to get an education are being replaced by illegals willing to do it for much less. (They are also the people who need, and argue for, the lower prices afforded by illegal labor - which is a vicious circle.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #5 June 22, 2006 What is considered middle class nowadays? Income or type of employment? Rich and poor gaps are good indication in third-world countries as bad quality of life, maybe even reasons behind being a third-world nation. But, with the type of economy and market we have today, is a income gap really a problem? Is it something to worry about because another country shows class gaps. All other things constant, does the widening gaps mean the same thirld world vs. first world?_____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
