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Stunning images show Arizona border crossing overrun by massive surge of adult male migrants from across globe
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<blockquote data-quote="linux.poet" data-source="post: 77479399" data-attributes="member: 443852"><p>My experience has been that truly bad situations are difficult to leave. Those that can afford to make said journey are the wealthy and privileged of their respective nations, coming to our shores in search of jobs that pay what amounts to an astronomical fortune back in their home countries, and also looking for handouts from our government. </p><p></p><p>One U.S. dollar is worth over 200 of Pakistani currency, for example. A minimum wage job here earns them 3000 Pakistani an hour. I sure would like a job that pays me $3000 an hour, wouldn't you? That's $120,000 per <em>week</em>. I'd own a house in a month. Meanwhile Chicago is paying migrants $9000/month for doing nothing while I, a U.S. Citizen, struggle to get enough self-employment to pay $300 worth of life expenses. </p><p></p><p>Once again, our government favors the wealthy and powerful at the expense of the poor and needy. It doesn't matter if you're wealthy in the U.S. or another country. And there's nowhere for me to go, really - I was born at the top of the food chain and have to struggle my whole life to make ends meet while a foreigner does work that's half as valuable as mine for a small fortune. Some privilege I got. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the migrant also has the advantage of knowing farming, so his position is less economically fragile than mine because his livelihood is based on the amount of arable land available. Mine is much flimsier, subject to my professional reputation and the goodwill of other human beings, not grounded in necessities connected to the soil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="linux.poet, post: 77479399, member: 443852"] My experience has been that truly bad situations are difficult to leave. Those that can afford to make said journey are the wealthy and privileged of their respective nations, coming to our shores in search of jobs that pay what amounts to an astronomical fortune back in their home countries, and also looking for handouts from our government. One U.S. dollar is worth over 200 of Pakistani currency, for example. A minimum wage job here earns them 3000 Pakistani an hour. I sure would like a job that pays me $3000 an hour, wouldn't you? That's $120,000 per [i]week[/i]. I'd own a house in a month. Meanwhile Chicago is paying migrants $9000/month for doing nothing while I, a U.S. Citizen, struggle to get enough self-employment to pay $300 worth of life expenses. Once again, our government favors the wealthy and powerful at the expense of the poor and needy. It doesn't matter if you're wealthy in the U.S. or another country. And there's nowhere for me to go, really - I was born at the top of the food chain and have to struggle my whole life to make ends meet while a foreigner does work that's half as valuable as mine for a small fortune. Some privilege I got. Meanwhile, the migrant also has the advantage of knowing farming, so his position is less economically fragile than mine because his livelihood is based on the amount of arable land available. Mine is much flimsier, subject to my professional reputation and the goodwill of other human beings, not grounded in necessities connected to the soil. [/QUOTE]
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