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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:23 PM Original message |
The anti-immigration argument that confuses me... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. And EVERYONE pays sales tax.... |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. You mustn't use logic |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's bogus |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Have you heard of a Straw Man argument? That is where you put a BS |
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Robbie Michaels (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Let's Stop The Lies |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Deleted message |
Robbie Michaels (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Only 2 Posts To Put This Up |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. your sarcasm meter is malfunctioning |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So, Limbaugh is in favor of a completely open border? |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. lol |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. These kinds of resources |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Ok |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. LEGAL immigrants are eligible for medicaid. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Ok see post 13 then |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
64. Legals are ELIGIBLE but I guarantee many illegals are collecting!! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. Exactly, and wouldn't it be offset by the taxes they don't pay but |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. That's why we need a legal process |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. The reason you can't provide a link, is that there is not one. |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. I'll provide one |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Correct |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I hardly think it's 'inane' |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The current conditions have deteriorated |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Show me the evidence |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. "Enforced government regulation" |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It seems to me we may be debating over |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. They don't take jobs "Americans won't do," they |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. So in other words |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Correct, I did, but |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. So you'd throw people who stole |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yes, especially |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. How are these people different from you? |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. First of all, |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. So every law is just and should not be questioned eh? |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No, of course, any law inconvenient to you should be blown off. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You'd be better off because |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I'd have your support and not |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. So I guess that puts an end to this |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. But in your case, |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Choose to not have a family yet. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. You've got to be kidding me right |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. No, I'm not kidding. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Got news for you |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. How do you know what my definition is? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. What kind of family planning? Having no sex? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Look, dont get all high and mighty with me! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Then these jobs are not available to Americans anyway. |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Somebody had to do them before we started to |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. The job market is not that static. If there were Americans doing |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Convict labor.... omg |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. I've never heard that one, but |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You have heard it & you believe it.... |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. If you can prove it wrong, please do me that favor. I'd be |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Why should I prove something wrong... |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You can't. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
41. To answer |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. "blamed on their employers and, most importantly, the federal government" |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yeah, you are. |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I agree with everything you've said in this thread. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. There already is a minimum wage. If an employer cannot |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. The minimum wage we have is NOT |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. It's not support for 'law breaking' |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
42. Yeah, it's a pretty stupid talking point. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
43. Very good point. And illegals don't qualify for government |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Incorrect. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
54. Let me be the dissent: It's a bad point. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. "NEEDS to happen is that wages need to be brought up |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
63. of course all situations are different but |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I know white Americans that work as day laborers under the table |
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APPLE314 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
68. fica is always there - |
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