I do know that where I live, the jobs these people do, are not jobs that citizens appear willing to do. I do not see how going back to Eiesnhower's term is relevant to undocumented immigrants today.
not sure where to start:
- i brought up 1951 because you have twice said american citizens aren't willing to do the job that illegal immigrants do. in 1951, who did those jobs in the midwest and how much were they paid, in today's money?? in other words, the world won't end if american citizens need to flip hamburgers or harvest crops. what will end, is the huge profits made by those who exploit illegal immigrants as short-order cooks and harvest corn.
- i also brought up eisenhower because this line of discussion started with questioning whether today's democratic party has abandoned labor...it then went to; can the democratic party conceivably be pro-labor and pro-illegal immigrant at the same time - despite some economists' views that illegal immigrants depress wages???
at one time, the republican party courted labor and bragged about issues important to blue-collar workers...this during, surprise, eisenhower's 1st term. do you see the poster from labor day, 1956?
ok, just because i use these examples, does not mean that i believe the republican party of recent times is the same party of 1952-1956. i don't need to hear about paul ryan, etc. at the same token, you are mistaken if you believe the democratic party of 4-5 decades ago, is the same party towards labor today.
my opinions are clear:
the republican party serves it's core constituency better than the democratic party does.
is labor the democratic party's core constituency, as it once was? if it is (i don't believe so), then it is doing a $hitty job 'serving' us.
