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PRESIDENT TRUMP HIRED UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FOR $4 (Original Post) mikeysnot Feb 2019 OP
kick CatWoman Feb 2019 #1
Appalling. Sickening. Ohiogal Feb 2019 #2
So proud of my pResident.... PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #3
Until the laziest man & his criminal cherubs are in jail.... SallyHemmings Feb 2019 #8
Visibility kick awesomerwb1 Feb 2019 #4
FWIW, minimum wage in 1980 was $3 an hour TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #5
Another case of the Main Street Media not even caring about tRump PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #6
K&R... spanone Feb 2019 #7
This is not a new story. Sickening that the media never paid much attention to it. Goodheart Feb 2019 #9
Perhaps if we bring it to their attention . . . again gratuitous Feb 2019 #10
Agree with other posters, but how to get lame stream media to even talk about it? Evolve Dammit Feb 2019 #19
If they Could Get Away With it, Republicans Would Return to Slavery dlk Feb 2019 #11
Missouri already tried to get rid of child labor laws, ... aggiesal Feb 2019 #13
They do, this shut down proved it mikeysnot Feb 2019 #23
Of course he did Miigwech Feb 2019 #12
FYI - This was almost 4 decades ago. ksoze Feb 2019 #14
I try to tell n people this and they just zoom on by. sarah FAILIN Feb 2019 #17
Slavery. KPN Feb 2019 #15
I'd bet money he stiffed Kazcycki & Sons in the end pecosbob Feb 2019 #16
Of course he did. brandnewday2009 Feb 2019 #18
The idea that he didn't have any undocumented workers period is laughable n/t hibbing Feb 2019 #20
.....$4.00 titanicdave Feb 2019 #21
No one does that. Blue_true Feb 2019 #22
 

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)
3. So proud of my pResident....
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 05:25 PM
Feb 2019

but of course there is blackface, and possible antisemitism, and birth certificates, Depleted Military, Endless Wars, a potential War with North Korea, V.A., High Taxes & too many Regulations, Border, Immigration & HealthCare problems, & much more we need to discuss. No time care about someone that used slave labor and was able to have it sealed for 30 years... Amazing... Sickening more like it...

SallyHemmings

(1,821 posts)
8. Until the laziest man & his criminal cherubs are in jail....
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 06:02 PM
Feb 2019

Nothing else should headline the news. They committed treason, full stop.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,174 posts)
5. FWIW, minimum wage in 1980 was $3 an hour
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 05:28 PM
Feb 2019

Not paying overtime and unsafe working conditions is what nailed Trump. Of course, he used a subcontractor, so he could say he didn't know they were illegal.

 

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)
6. Another case of the Main Street Media not even caring about tRump
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 05:42 PM
Feb 2019

This even came up in the debates and a story was written about it but it just slid into the background. No followup, no worries.'

https://www.ft.com/content/ae3a2fc0-dc6d-11e5-a72f-1e7744c66818

but... the emails!!!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. Perhaps if we bring it to their attention . . . again
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 06:09 PM
Feb 2019

We might get some traction, particularly when President Dumbass is making such a big deal out of scary immigrants. They weren't so scary when he needed a job done cheap.

Evolve Dammit

(16,723 posts)
19. Agree with other posters, but how to get lame stream media to even talk about it?
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 07:55 PM
Feb 2019

Why is he given free passes on all his hypocritical, illegal BS? Like the Titanic, the band plays on. With some exceptions, the media covers the tweets and BS releases without much meaningful accountability.

dlk

(11,549 posts)
11. If they Could Get Away With it, Republicans Would Return to Slavery
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 06:29 PM
Feb 2019

In their world, this is the next best thing.

aggiesal

(8,910 posts)
13. Missouri already tried to get rid of child labor laws, ...
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 06:50 PM
Feb 2019

So yes, GOP (Greedy One Percent) would try anything to pay cheaper wages.

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
17. I try to tell n people this and they just zoom on by.
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 07:34 PM
Feb 2019

My dad worked for $3.25/hr back then and was glad to get it.
Skipping over the fact that it was above minimum wage makes us look dumb imo, but everyone else gets excited to have caught him again being a jerk.

titanicdave

(429 posts)
21. .....$4.00
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 08:15 PM
Feb 2019

per hour......how in the world could his orangness possibly afford it???.......he must have gotten another loan from daddy.......what a puke !!!!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
22. No one does that.
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 09:03 PM
Feb 2019

Unless they KNOW the immigration status of the people and want to take advantage of them for that. Labor rate were much, much higher and Trump did not want to pay them. How can a construction worker vote for that pig for any reason other than hatred of others?

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