quote:

Originally posted by Jimineer:

quote:

Originally posted by architect:

quote:

Originally posted by PASig:
Companies hiring illegals that they can pay lower wages to

When I was doing large scale landscaping many of the workers we hired lacked documentation. But it wasn't to pay less, it was to hire those who were happy to have a job and have the opportunity to work for a living.

Our experience with US-born employees was that they would do almost anything to avoid work up to and including intentionally breaking tools so as to have an excuse for not having to use them, and not showing up for work without notice.

It was industrious vs. lazy, not lower wages that motivated our hiring practices.

Yep. See how many white and black guys you can find willing to replace a roof on a house in the summer in the south. Or mow a lawn for that matter.

You realize until we had a flood of illegals, that Americans did those jobs happily. My dad was a general contractor and got forced out of business with cheap illegal labor that took cash, didn't pay taxes, or have to worry about insurance.

quote:

Originally posted by architect:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by PASig:
it was to hire those who were happy to have a job and have the opportunity to work for a living. ...

Our experience with US-born employees was that they would do almost anything to avoid work

Thanks to Lyndon Baynes Johnson

quote:

Originally posted by RichardC:
Thanks to Lyndon Baynes Johnson

Indeed. When you incentivize sloth, that's what you get.

The left knew then, and they still know now, that when you rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.

I am white, heterosexual male. I was born in the United States. I am a gun owner and a NRA member. I have voted for Trump 5 times, twice in primaries and 3 times in general elections. I am also a retired Union Ironworker. I did hard physical work, outside, all year around. There are plenty of Americans willing to do any job that needs to be done. How do you think this country was built? I do not dispute that some illegal aliens work hard. But when a company hires them at less than minimum wage, pays no benefits and no taxes, it is hard for an American company to compete.

quote:

But when a company hires them at less than minimum wage, pays no benefits and no taxes ...

We may disagree with minimum wage laws and payroll and income taxes, but these are constitutional laws on the books. They should be prosecuted and fined out of business.

The only problem with the illegal super laborer is that you only get one generation with that effort. Their children will be fully Americanized and will display all the behaviors of a typical US resident. That hard work is cultural and not genetic. Probably not sustainable to bring in labor every generation because we have a lazy culture.

I just want to know if a wedding gift is appropriate and if so, what's the price range.

Yeah, Trump thread and all...

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
I just want to know if a wedding gift is appropriate and if so, what's the price range.

Did you check the registry?

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
I just want to know if a wedding gift is appropriate and if so, what's the price range.

I think the Democrats have already decided a gift is appropriate. The gift is citizenship and a bunch of free stuff.

I probably should not have said anything in this thread. But it really makes me angry to see people heap praise on illegal aliens while claiming that Americans don't want to work. Who do they think built this country?

https://www.newsmax.com/us/tru...dkt_nbr=0101027tcx22

Trump Hails Newsmax Guest in Truth Post

President Donald Trump was up early Independence Day morning tuning into Newsmax, just hours after returning from an Iowa campaign rally, hailing the holiday and the signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill.

"Republican Strategist T.J. McCormack was fantastic this morning on Newsmax," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday. "He really knows his 'stuff!'"

McCormack appeared on Newsmax's "Wake Up America" with co-hosts Marc Lotter and Krysia Lenzo and immediately gave his opinion on Trump's megabill being passed by Congress.

"Well, it had to happen, first of all," McCormack said. "And for once, I was really, really proud thoroughly of how the GOP messaged and put the other side, put the Democrats into a corner by constantly for the last couple of weeks driving, driving home the fact that any anything other than passing this bill would have been a 68% tax increase, the largest in American history on the American people. Boom. That's you just can't argue your way out of that corner.

"Also, the no tax on tips is unassailable. And that's something that that Trump ran on for an entire year. And the Republicans finally started driving that home as being something that was going to happen."

The radio talk show host added that the bill's fine print "reminds you of just how great this bill is."

"Americans are going to be able to write off interest on their on their car loans, for example. I mean, that's the sort of thing that really is a game changer," he said. "And plus, too, thankfully, a lot of blue state Republicans such as [Rep.] Mike Lawler in New York state, where we are held tough, and held tough and held out for the SALT [state and local tax] deductions, which means that people can write their home loan payments and the interest on those on those sorts of loans."

McCormack extolled Trump's ability to persuade lawmakers to pass the legislation before his July 4 deadline.

"Once and for all, everybody has to acknowledge the dealmaking capabilities of Donald Trump," McCormack said. "I mean, yesterday the president showed every aspect of his skill set, right?

"At one point, we saw the deal making, the legislative, the arm-twisting president, the art of the deal guy making this deal, getting those Republicans on the phone at the, you know, over the last 24 hours of this process and driving home, whipping his own votes with Mike Johnson being his own whip. And you also had the diplomatic Trump while all that's going on, he gets off the phone with those Republican holdouts and Mike Johnson, boom, he jumps on the phone with Vladimir Putin.

"This guy is absolutely unbelievable."

I think this is so far the best endorsement of the passage of the BBB.

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1940889869280313595

So, is AyOhSee accusing ICE of murdering illegal aliens?

All she need do is make a call to action that leads to violence (like the recent riots) and she should be charged with incitement.

She's dancing on the line of free speech and inciting violence to a large segment of people looking for any excuse to do so.

quote:

Originally posted by sigmonkey:
So, is AyOhSee accusing ICE of murdering illegal aliens?

She isn't necessarily 'accusing' ICE of murder, but she IS implying it.

Of COURSE people are disappearing - that is what happens when criminals are apprehended and deported.

She is, I believe, trying to instill panic in the sheeple and scare them into believing that President Trumo and ICE are putting people on boxcars and sending them to Auschwitz.

ALL the dems have nowadays are fear and lies.

quote:

Originally posted by oddball:
[AOC’s X post]

I’d like to see people who make wild claims like this — “ICE bigger than FBI…”, “taking food out of the mouths of children,” “millions wil die,” etc — show their work. Point out the exact paragraph in the bill that does that, chickadee, and then we can talk. Until then, quit blowharding.

The COMPSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR thinks our republic is a democracy, and this is his petty, self-centered, take-a-shot-at-President-Trump message for Independence Day.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.c...as-independence-day/

“Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in history—when core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack, when too many people around the world have become cynical and disengaged—now is precisely the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people.”

Phony sack of shit. You're a has-been. and no one is buying your bullshit.

Scumbag leftists contribute nothing to make the nation great. All they do is seething with rage, throwing tantrums and tearing it down.

Dan, the thumbnail for that video uses a misleading AI image. All this stuff about her being in tears- not true. That image of her crying is fake and misleading.

All members need to understand that many of these youtube publishers will employ unethical means to get you to click on their content. These people should not be rewarded for their deceptive behavior. I despise people who use trickery to get your attention for profit.

The best we can do about AOC is ignore her.