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Robert Knowles wrote:
> 
> "ssence" <mel2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ak4pc5$1g874b$1@ID-19545.news.dfncis.de...
> > > May I ask something without being flamed for it?  I too feel bad about
> > > paying out of my checks for things other people get for free and dont
> > > have to work.  But when you
> > > mention about "illegals" stealing  jobs, I also try to look from the
> > > other side wondering if not for them, how many 'non illegals' would
> > > really want to clean
> > > office buildings (janitorial), do outside landscaping in hot boiling
> > > May to August whether, wash dishes in restaurant and other eteceteras
> >
> > And just who do you think was doing that kind of work before the illegal
> > aliens got here? Who were the maids, the janitors, the cotton pickers, the
> > meat-packing house workers? American history is replete with examples of
> > Americans working hard and dirty for little or no money. And it wasn't all
> > that long ago.
> 
> Yeah, like now.  I know people who work in chicken-packing
> plants.
> 
> Depending on where you live, you can still see non-illegals doing
> work such as landscaping and roofing.  I even know native born
> U.S. citizens who have made this type work their livelihood and
> even passed the business to their children.

Yup. I may be getting into the landscaping business. It's pretty lucrative,
and I'm fairly sure I can join the swelling ranks of former UNIX
administrators who have money in the bank but like to work anyways, even if
it's not in computing. Since the IT industry imploded 18 months ago, I've
been seeing a (local to DC) huge explosion in the numbers of white folks
doing yardwork, new trucks, new equipment, but with the same old Palm Pilot. 

> 
> And there are plenty of non-illegals who own maid
> services (and no, they don't all hire illegals to do the
> work for them).  Some of the hottest franchises for
> small businesses were in the janitorial services.  It
> usually takes a while for those businesses to get to
> the point where they can hire outside help.
> 
> And haven't mechanical dishwashers displaced most
> of the illegal immigrant dishwashers, anyway?

I dunno. Back in the 1970s when I was in the dishwashing business (high
school job), the Hot Shoppes where I worked had this awesome high-volume
dishwasher. Got things clean, you betcha! However, it was conveyor-belt fed
and someone had to load it and unload it. Quite frequently, that would be
me, and someone else too; it had to have someone on either end. 

Remember, "labor saving devices" generally don't reduce the number of people
employed, generally they increase the productivity of the employees. 

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