US citizens crowdfund the border wall

~~Leo656~~ · 12-20-2018, 11:46 PM

I used to work in the moving business for about 10 years, and know plenty of people working landscaping, construction, etc.

There's absolutely white people who want those jobs, do those jobs, and would be more than happy to stay in those jobs for a long time, if they paid a little better. And employers will and do absolutely throw it in your face that they keep your wages low on purpose because they can easily replace you with an illegal for half what you already make, so why pay you any more? "Sure, I can pay you $15 an hour to toil away in the hot sun all day long, which is scientifically proven to take years off of your life... OR, I can drive the van past any 7-11 at 6am and pick up a few guys who'll gladly take $5 an hour and never ask for a penny more." Unspoken is the message, "Be glad I give you anything."

A lot of people who use the "jobs white people don't wanna do" argument in favor of illegal immigrants don't exactly have a solid frame of reference. A lot of time they've never worked in those areas, or know anyone who has.
It's a real problem. Some people with very few other income options get laid off for several months a year; there's still manual labor being done, but it's being done by - you guessed it - the $5/hour illegal immigrants.

Now, the pragmatic side of me says, "Those white people should elevate themselves into better jobs anyway," which is what I did. But not everyone can. Lots of those people have had a lot of problems with law enforcement and are never going to get a better job, and lots of them still have families. Yeah, you reap what you sow and all that, but I find it unfair that so many of them struggle to pay their bills simply because other people are willing to do their job at half the pay - people who legally aren't even supposed to be here, no less. Like yeah, everyone's just trying to live, but get in line for f*ck's sake. If people can't understand the vulgarity of this, I can't for the life of me understand why.

That's to say nothing of situations like, "Single mother with two kids is late on her rent payment, gets evicted; 8 illegal immigrants share a two-bedroom unit across the hall, landlord looks the other way because he gets paid in cash. Homeless assistance supposedly provided by the state tells single mother and her two kids to sleep in her van until she gets a better job."

Lots of these things have happened to family and friends of mine, so frankly, I'm not brimming over with sympathy for the plight of those who broke the law to get here. They absolutely f*ck sh*t up for other people, and if you disagree, I say just be grateful it hasn't happened to you.

You haven't lived until you've heard a goddamn social worker tell you or your loved ones, "You're white, you're not supposed to have these problems."

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This seems kinda silly, though.

12-20-2018, 11:46 PM	#11
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I used to work in the moving business for about 10 years, and know plenty of people working landscaping, construction, etc. There's absolutely white people who want those jobs, do those jobs, and would be more than happy to stay in those jobs for a long time, if they paid a little better. And employers will and do absolutely throw it in your face that they keep your wages low on purpose because they can easily replace you with an illegal for half what you already make, so why pay you any more? "Sure, I can pay you $15 an hour to toil away in the hot sun all day long, which is scientifically proven to take years off of your life... OR, I can drive the van past any 7-11 at 6am and pick up a few guys who'll gladly take $5 an hour and never ask for a penny more." Unspoken is the message, "Be glad I give you anything." A lot of people who use the "jobs white people don't wanna do" argument in favor of illegal immigrants don't exactly have a solid frame of reference. A lot of time they've never worked in those areas, or know anyone who has. It's a real problem. Some people with very few other income options get laid off for several months a year; there's still manual labor being done, but it's being done by - you guessed it - the $5/hour illegal immigrants. Now, the pragmatic side of me says, "Those white people should elevate themselves into better jobs anyway," which is what I did. But not everyone can. Lots of those people have had a lot of problems with law enforcement and are never going to get a better job, and lots of them still have families. Yeah, you reap what you sow and all that, but I find it unfair that so many of them struggle to pay their bills simply because other people are willing to do their job at half the pay - people who legally aren't even supposed to be here, no less. Like yeah, everyone's just trying to live, but get in line for fck's sake. If people can't understand the vulgarity of this, I can't for the life of me understand why. That's to say nothing of situations like, "Single mother with two kids is late on her rent payment, gets evicted; 8 illegal immigrants share a two-bedroom unit across the hall, landlord looks the other way because he gets paid in cash. Homeless assistance supposedly provided by the state tells single mother and her two kids to sleep in her van until she gets a better job." Lots of these things have happened to family and friends of mine, so frankly, I'm not brimming over with sympathy for the plight of those who broke the law to get here. They absolutely fck sh*t up for other people, and if you disagree, I say just be grateful it hasn't happened to you. You haven't lived until you've heard a goddamn social worker tell you or your loved ones, "You're white, you're not supposed to have these problems." ----------------------- This seems kinda silly, though.