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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 01:51 AM
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Should Dem's be putting out an illegal immigration advertisement?
This is a huge issue for a lot of people. Seems to me, Dem's could win some big points if they had a bunch of ads across the country that focused on cracking down on businesses and corporations that hire illegals. This stupid fence thing is not going to do any good and it's not even financed. It's feel good legislation. Dem's could capture this issue in the last week and put the nail in the coffin of the GOP.

Thoughts?
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 01:53 AM
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1. Yes. (nt)
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Ayesha Donating Member (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 01:55 AM
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2. On the other hand
Today's illegal immigrants are a few years from now's natural Democrat voters. Might not want to piss off the current Hispanic voting bloc either.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 01:58 AM
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3. Thats why we go after the corporations and not the illegals.
I don't think they will take it personal if we go after our own corporations rather than building a wall.
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VC2 Donating Member (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 02:06 AM
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6. i take it VERY personal
euro-"americans" have no right to call people who have been migrating on this land 12000 years + "illegal."
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 02:37 AM
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8. The issue is that "illegals" get paid not much more than slave wages
Cracking down on the corporations would level the playing field and force them to pay living wages for everyone. We need to be working with Mexico to get their economy going as well as monitor the corruption in the Mexican government so the Mexican people won't have a need to look for a better life outside Mexico.
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VC2 Donating Member (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 03:19 AM
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9. corruption?
stop "americans" should stop buying heroin, cocaine and meth and the corruption will level off.

even the u.s. has corruption, end it here first.

i do not know a single corporation that employs undoc migrants.

businesses (mine included)pay according to their budget for labor and seek the most productive person for that budget.

the budget for labor is based on what people are willing to pay for my company's service.
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quickesst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 05:47 AM
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10. The issue is that "illegals" get paid not much more than slave wages
Bullshit! I install drywall for a living and I will tell you straight up, one in four drywall installers in this country is an illegal alien and their wages are every bit as competitive as mine, or more. They do not all work in a field picking crops. A small minority of Democrats, yes, Du is not the world, advocate the slow death of the middle class in this country, and a future no better than the third world countries that exist today. I have never seen a more avid group throw all logic out the window for the sake of stroking their liberal egos. Anyone ever stop and think why amnesty and open border advocates flop so miserable in polls? It's because they are NOT getting freeped. They are being flogged in the polls by regular, ordinary citizens who see the folly and danger that will follow such an asenine proposal. The amnesty and open border advocates, if they ever decide to look beyond the comfort of their own insular world would see exactly how alone they are on this issue. Thanks.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 02:03 AM
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4. Maybe.
you think it's funny. Illegal Immigration is widely unpopular.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 02:04 AM
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5. I've seen it on a local basis. The winning strategy is to tie
pollution, illegal hiring, and tax evasion together, while blaming the realities on the corporation-loving Pukes.
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VC2 Donating Member (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-27-06 02:08 AM
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7. if democrats had any huevos
they would demand full amnesty for migrants
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