"Non-rocket science questions" and AM I NOT AMERICAN?

I just read this article on illegal immigration and I only can say Right On!

I wish more people would look at this issue through this lens.

I am upset at criminal immigration due to many reasons. I have seen wages either stay low or be lowered because of this influx of people. When I was a kid growing up, we would work the fields for summer jobs. I did day labor with kids from school or church. Sometimes we would use our schools and churches to line up jobs. We would use that money towards things we needed, or put it towards church trips, boy scout trips, or even some school trips. It was awesome and fun to get friends together and do jobs for people. It didn't matter if it was shoveling snow, moving dirt and gravel, planting trees, or cleaning up after construction sites. When I got older, I would work in the fields doing whatever they asked of us.

So, am I not an American? I keep hearing that Americans will not do these jobs, but I could call up friends and we would go as a group. One friend John is not a cop. Was he not an American while he helped me and others? This statement is BS to its core, and I wish people stop using it. Another friend of mine took college classes in the morning, and she cleaned hotel rooms in the afternoon and night to pay for these classes. Was that un-American?

Another difference between now and then was what we got paid. We made a heck of a lot more then an illegal would accept. They work for dimes compared to what we were GIVEN as teens.

Maybe it is because kids today would rather leach off of their parents while playing x-box all day, but I do not think that is the problem. I remember the guys I went to school with who worked at McDonald's. They always had money for movies and the other things we did. They had cars. My friend Paul did office cleaning at night. He paid for his trip to Europe with that money. Now, go try to do that today when you want just a fair wage, and an illegal is willing to take half. Think you will get what you want?

Today I hear from painters, sheet rockers, masons, and others about how they used to make twice as much, and that is being halved because of cheap illegal labor being hired. Is this fair to them? They either worked under a parent to learn a skill, or started right out of high school to learn their skills. When they started, they could make great money. Now, they watch as they lose bids to cheaper contractors hiring illegal labor. Oh, is this because they were doing jobs Americans wouldn't do?

Hear me on this point! I do not care about what color your skin is, race, religion, or creed. If you came here in a legal manner, welcome! Now, you could be extended family of mine, but if you came here illegally, go away. Go home! Go back and do it the right way. Heck, if i can spare ten dollars to help you, I will send it, but wait your turn.

My family is new to the USA in terms of the countries age, and compared to some families. When my family arrived, it was during the Great Depression. Think they had it easy? No. Did they work their ass off to make a living, and to provide for the future? You bet they did. My family has had members in every war since then. All of them joined without the draft taking them. They fought for the land they joined legally. My grandfather built the first school in there area for other families and our own. He built the first church there also. He is buried just a short distance away from that church which is still used by local families. No one paid him for this, he did it to help and develop our country.

I can still go to dinner back where my grandparents ended up. I hear the old language spoken around the table. But did they refuse to learn English? No. Did they blame America for their problems? No. They fought for everything they had with hard work! I have great uncles missing arms, fingers, and sometimes legs. Did they quit working and live off of the system? Hell no! I grew up watching them work harder then most uninjured men day after day. They never quit because that was not the America they grew up in. When they got old, the family did everything they could to care for them. Did we ask for handouts? Here it comes, NO.

So, since my family farmed, were they doing jobs Americans won't do? Because some of my family worked construction, were they not American?

The next time I hear someone say that statement that Americans won't do something, I will have to ask them, then who did it all these years prior to this day?

The only reason I see every day of why an American won't do a job is because illegals took it first for half the pay. If we can get rid of the illegals, wages will have to rise again. If we kick the illegals out, the jobs will open up for us again. If we only allow legals to work, then it by default becomes American jobs again. It is that simple.

I will end with one piece of advice to these illegals coming here for a better life.

Do what Americans did when they were being held back by British rule. Revolt! If the powers to be are corrupt and evil in your country, quit being a coward that is running away and fight! You need arms? We have plenty here in our country to arm you! Heck, we will make more just to help you. If criminals are making your life so bad you have to leave, then stand up and do something about it! You want to be like us AMERICANS? Then act like us and stand up and take the power away from those who wrong you! Do not ruin my country because you cannot stand up for yourself, or you will see Americans standing up against you! Quite simply, go home and fix your problems. Otherwise, I call you a coward.