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Goshen Indiana.A small feeder community to the massive Elkhart Indiana RV industry.Goshen was a Amish town. It had some small shops that produced Fiberglass parts/wood products for upscale campers. Some WISEGUY from the RV industry went to the Mexican side of the U.S. Boarder and put up a sign that read "5000 jobs in Elkhart Indiana", when in reality there were only 500.With in a couple months the County had probably 75,000 fresh illegal latin speaking workers. The state welfare system had new applicants. The stores had new customers to spend the welfare checks. The latin youth now brawl with the local kids over "TURF". The winner is the RV industry. It got its free, cheap, workforce at the expence of a community, who now seek white flight,the local education system(now burdoned with latino children who now must be caught up/taught a new language), and every other skilled /higher paid workerin the local vicinity to worry if the brown guy WOP might get my job?Don't fool yourself. For their benifit to a community does not outweigh their burdon to us all.That cheaper tomato did cost you more by the taxes to subsidize the welfare of the migrants family.The school taxes just went up. local, city, and county taxes will follow. The only winner is the guy imploying Pedro, for the cheaper wage.A Boarder Fence/or wall is the only answer. In less than 20 years, California will be more than 50% hispinic. Do your math.George Bush is a failure on boarder security. It does not help when no GOVENOR-Perry,Richardson,Napolitano,or Arnold are notwilling to adress it as a National Security Problem.Their Senaters are really the guilty ones cause they will not rock the boat and risk election to higher offices.Hell, the Goverment couldn't even help in Katrina till the GOVENORS OF THE AFFECTED STATES SAID "PLEASE HELP US.'', and to start a security wall or fence......on state land....Yea right. Every state would have 30 reasons not to. NOW TO DUMP ALL OF THIS STORM on Bush, is stupid. Every state affected was warned earlier by the National Weather Service of the storm.They could have given the goverment Federal control days before.They said we will be fine.
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Hello everyone.
I usually just read the post and never really sound off on anything. I just enjoy the conversation but Mr. Crappie Reaper, and some others, did say something that got my attention and that is the part about buying products ie. Ford, Chevy, and Chrysler products. I should explain that I am and have been a worker in the automotive industry for 22 years. I have worked for the Japanese, Canadians, and American companies those years. If anyone truly believes that buying the products that are "American" brand names is supporting US jobs then they are sadly mistaken. Try and remember the last time an "American" automobile company announced they were putting up a new company to build vehicles??? I should not have to tell anyone in the south how many Car companies have built here in the last 20 years. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, BMW, Hondai, and now Kia is looking to build somewhere. All of these companies are hiring Americans. I am not going to go into how many suppliers are building companies to support these. I do know that every month we in the auto industry hear Ford, GM, and Chrysler laying off in the US but building in Mexico, China, and India. Even Chrysler is not American owned. They are Daimler Chrysler. Owned by Mercedes. The whole world is now a Global Economy. If you truly want to help American workers then start writing and talking to all the politicians Democrat and Republican and tell them to protect the workers by putting the taxes and levis on products coming in just the same as the other countries do. If Japan charges $10000.00 on an US built vehicle to come into their country then we should charge the same. If Mexico does not charge anything then we should not on their products. This will give a level playing ground. I truly believe since I have traveled the world and everyone knows that US builds the best product, that we would kick butt in the Global Marketplace if we were all playing the same game and rules. I guess I have said enough but please do not let politician rhetoric mislead people into believing the Buy American thing. Do some investigating. The company may have an American name but the product is built elswhere. To me that is the greatest injustice. Our own buisnessmen selling the US out!! Thanks for the time...