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We can't have Americans demanding higher wages which will bring our companies down and so unable to compete with China.
That is a myth that companies will collapse. It's ridiculous. Not many illegals working on Wall Street. Just how does millions of waiters, landscapers, maids, gardeners, construction workers, etc. help us "compete" with China. There is NO competition with China. It's about trade imbalances. Stop buying crap from Wal-Mart and they go broke....China collapses. Companies were outsourcing jobs to China and India long before the onslaught of millions of illegals. Now they are INsourcing the jobs that can't be outsource to illegals for cheap wages. It just makes employers richer. You don't see hamburgers, hotel rooms, houses, etc. getting cheaper do you? You have been fed a myth. Anyone having the stupidity to say that a Trillion dollar economy is held together by millions of H.S. dropouts should be embarrassed.
Do not think for one minute that the reason is to "hold down prices"! "Americans won't pay more" garbage! Companies have NO remorse about passing on costs. Americans are constantly paying MORE! Cheap labor boosts the bottom line, while NOT lowering prices whatsoever. So the savings goes into the accounts of the companies, NOT in the pockets of Americans.
A woman in Asia sews a leg on a pair of pants for Wal-Mart at .03 cents per hour. That pair of pants sells in America for $29.95. Just how many pair of pants do you think they can make in an hour? So cheap labor does nothing to hold down prices. My Mother worked for years as a seamtress. Her last job, until it was shipped to Mexico, was $5.75 cents an hour. But, that was still too high for the company to pay an American.
BTW, just what do you call a HIGH WAGE?