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I agree with Rudey. In fact, I just happened to be reading Fast Food Nation last night and got to some important facts about that. ConAgra, one of the biggest food suppliers in the country, basically blackmailed the state of Nebraska into giving them huge tax breaks. The state finally gave in, because they didn't want ConAgra to leave the state. One deal was that the executives would only have to pay income tax on their first $7,000 income each year! It was also to the point where for each job that ConAgra created, the taxpayers in NE were subsidizing that position from $18,000 to $23,000 per year. Another large food provider, IBP also benefitted from this, but in the end, even that kind of tax breaks wasn't enough for them. They moved their HQ to SD, where there is no corporate income tax.
What does this have to do with this thread? Well, I personally feel that the posters on this thread have some underlying hatred for the illegals being here and, possibly, for them doing jobs that legal residents and citizens could/would do. Maybe, maybe not. But what you need to know is that they come here because the corporations want to hire them and the corporations do not want to hire the average American for this position. Quite the opposite of what another poster said, it's not as if jobs would "open up" if illegals were deported. In fact, these powerful corporations would never allow that to happen. They do not WANT to hire the average joe, and if there is anyone to be angry about for the presence of illegals, it’s these corporations. To bring illegals here, corporations put Spanish language ads on radio stations in Mexico about job openings, and even go down to border towns to tempt illegals across promising them food, decent living conditions and work. One company took illegals up to Minnesota and dropped them off at a homeless shelter. Not only did the tax payers end up paying for these people (for the short time they were there) but the illegals were even pissed, because they were promised apartments by the corporation.
A lot of the things we perceive as problems with illegals are actually things these corporations perceive as benefits. High turnover? Good, because they don’t have to give them benefits or vacation time unless they stay for a year, so they actually encourage turnover. Poor working conditions that cause injuries save time and money for the corporation. No health insurance. More savings. So, if you are really against illegals being here, I suggest you work against the corporations that provide incentive and means for the illegals to come here. Without these corporations providing these incentives, many would not come as illegals.
And who are these corporations? You say you’ve never heard of ConAgra? Yes, you have. They own the following brands: Hunt’s, Armour, La Choy, Country Pride, Swiss Miss, Orville Redenbacher, Knott’s Berry Farm, Hebrew National, Healthy Choice, Reddi-Wip and Tase o’ Sea to name a few. So, if you are really serious about getting illegals out of “our” jobs and out of America, boycott these brands.
I just think it’s unfair to blame illegals for coming when mega-corporations in our own country are trying to get them here. When we are internally at odds, it’s hard to present a united front against illegal immigrants. I’m sure the corporations are happy that people like the posters here blame the illegals and not them, and don’t know the real story behind their coming.
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