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Re: Don't you just love America?

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From: Dave C.
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:51
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"Strong Eagle" <strongeagle> wrote in message
> And when wages go up, the price of lettuce goes up.  And when the lettuce
goes
> up... and the tomatoes... and the wheat in the bread... and the beef in
the
> patty... all made by cheap labor... when all of this goes up, the price of
the
> burger goes up, and sales go down.  When sales go down, layoffs occur.
> Expensive labor hurts the economy, not helps it.
>

I knew someone would make that argument.  Wages go up, prices go up, people
can still afford those burgers.  Net result is that more citizens are
employed.  This is only bad if you are an illegal alien.  -Dave
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