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Title: If We Need 12 Million Mexican Illegal Aliens for “Global Competitiveness”, Why Isn’t Mexico Beating Us?
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URL Source: http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreen ... ss-why-isnt-mexico-beating-us/
Published: Sep 14, 2013
Author: Daniel Greenfield
Post Date: 2013-09-14 15:01:37 by Big Meanie
Keywords: None
Views: 195
Comments: 14
Serious question. The Human Resources heads of a bunch of major corporations, many of which laid off thousands of workers, wrote a letter to Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner saying that the immigration system over here is badly broken and the only cure is legalizing 12 million illegal aliens. We believe this would be a long overdue step toward aligning our nation’s immigration policies with its workforce needs at all skill levels to ensure U.S. global competitiveness. Your average illegal alien has only one skill level. But let’s turn over the question. Are American corporations really starving for a shortage of unskilled laborers who don’t speak English? Could they possibly make do with semi-skilled laborers who do speak English? And if global competitiveness is the issue, then why isn’t Mexico kicking our ass economically? Or Sub-Saharan Africa? If we need 12 million Mexicans to be more competitive, why isn’t Mexico more competitive? These corporations claim that they want to “address the reality that there is a global war for talent and that countries are competing to attract and retain the human capital essential to a culture of productivity and innovation.” A global war for talent? Can we try losing it then? If any up-and-coming country, like China, wants to take 12 million illegal aliens off our hands, why not let them? Oddly they don’t seem to want to do that. The job market doesn’t trend toward countries desperately trying to attract illiterate drunk drivers who will get on benefits as soon as they can. There’s a reason for that. “Even with the economy still recovering, many of our companies continue to have difficulty finding sufficient American workers to fill certain lesser skilled positions,” the letter says. There are so many things wrong with that sentence, it’s hard to know where to begin. Somehow they expect an economic recovery to lead to a surplus of unemployed unskilled workers. And with much of the country not working and with massive numbers of unskilled workers unemployed, they just can’t seem to find any now. For example, Hewlett-Packard, whose Executive Vice President for Human Resources Tracy Keogh signed the letter, laid off 29,000 employees in 2012. In August of this year, Cisco Systems, whose Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Kathleen Weslock signed the letter, announced plans to lay off 4,000 — in addition to 8,000 cut in the last two years. United Technologies, whose Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Organization Elizabeth B. Amato signed the letter, announced layoffs of 3,000 this year. American Express, whose Chief Human Resources Officer L. Kevin Cox signed the letter, cut 5,400 jobs this year. Procter & Gamble, whose Chief Human Resources Officer Mark F. Biegger signed the letter, announced plans to cut 5,700 jobs in 2012. Maybe they could just rehire some of their fired workers. But apparently that won’t meet their goal of pumping and dumping America because if they actually get their way, then the country will swiftly become impossible to do business in for most companies that aren’t plugged into the government. Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He is completing a book on the international challenges America faces in the 21st century.
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#1. To: Big Meanie (#0)
ZING!
When I lived in Chicago, my Mom and I took a ride to the tomato farm next to Palwaukee airport in Wheeling so we could pick tomatoes. My Dad was such a cheapskate the he would not give us a key for the trunk. When we were finished picking, they wanted to look in the trunk. We told them we did not have a key. They thought we were stealing tomatoes. That is pretty dumb, if you ask me. That farm is long gone now. I recall that there were shacks out back that the migrant workers would stay in during picking season. Yeah, they only have one skill level. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Reminds me of when I was younger and how I used to worry they'd find my girlfriend when I took her to the drive-in.
Mr. Greenfield went THERE? Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Good title question though. "If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbados, why should I not say to him, 'Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest; have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.'" On second thought, wrong question. A man who supports OR objects to particular kinds of immigrants on the grounds of "competitiveness" is a man who can be bought. "If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbados, why should I not say to him, 'Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest; have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.'" I think you're talking about the old Koeppen farm. Erna, the owner in her 90s died last year. It should be stated this way... " If We Need 12 Million Mexican Illegal Aliens for “Global War"...
wow. it's a been a long time, Smokin. ;)
Really? Should I object that Mexicans will offer to work for much less than I would be paid if I were vying for the same job? I think not. When I was a young man, I worked at Mary Ann Bakery. they had high hopes for me because I could speak English. Most of the employees were Greek. This is how I learned to swear in Greek. There was one black guy named Freddie, who worked at the ovens. He was in charge there. We used to kid him about watermelons. LOL It was a slave labor operation as far as I could tell. It was good experience, though. "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Yes, really. Should I object that Mexicans will offer to work for much less than I would be paid if I were vying for the same job? I think not. That's right. Not on that ground. What they're willing to work for doesn't matter. "If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbados, why should I not say to him, 'Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest; have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.'" You said: A man who supports OR objects to particular kinds of immigrants on the grounds of "competitiveness" is a man who can be bought. I say I cannot be bought. It is that simple. I recall when I lived in Chicago, there was a local restaurant. When I was in there once, one Mexican pointed to another and said, "Hey, man, he's a wetback." They were employees at the restaurant. That pretty well sums it up. There are too many illegals here, and it shows. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
All I have to do is convince you they help "competitiveness". That's your price. "If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbados, why should I not say to him, 'Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest; have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.'" That's your price. "Convince" away. As I said, I have no price. I am stuck here and cannot go anywhere. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Wonder what it could be? LOL! But the author makes a good point. If America could do better with 12 million illegal aliens, mostly from Mexico, then why can't Mexico kick our ass every day? Paul Craig Roberts
The job market doesn’t trend toward countries desperately trying to attract illiterate drunk drivers who will get on benefits as soon as they can. There’s a reason for that.
#2. To: Big Meanie (#0)
Your average illegal alien has only one skill level. But let’s turn over the question. Are American corporations really starving for a shortage of unskilled laborers who don’t speak English?
#3. To: BTP Holdings (#2)
".....they wanted to look in the trunk."
#4. To: Big Meanie (#0)
Or Sub-Saharan Africa?
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
#5. To: Big Meanie (#0)
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
#6. To: BTP Holdings (#2)
When I lived in Chicago, my Mom and I took a ride to the tomato farm next to Palwaukee airport in Wheeling so we could pick tomatoes.
#7. To: Big Meanie (#0)
If We Need 12 Million Mexican Illegal Aliens for “Global Competitiveness”
#8. To: SmokinOPs (#6)
#9. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#5)
A man who supports OR objects to particular kinds of immigrants on the grounds of "competitiveness" is a man who can be bought.
#10. To: BTP Holdings (#9)
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
#11. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#10)
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#12. To: BTP Holdings (#11)
I say I cannot be bought.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
#13. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#12)
All I have to do is convince you they help "competitiveness".
#14. To: Big Meanie (#0)
The job market doesn’t trend toward countries desperately trying to attract illiterate drunk drivers who will get on benefits as soon as they can. There’s a reason for that.
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