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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    Yes, we need more illegal immigrants...

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/three-quarters-of-americans-struggling-with-bills-because-of-inflation/ar-AA1rUmJs?ocid=BingNewsVerp

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      Doctor Phibes
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      Pretty much everything seems to be getting blamed on immigrants at the moment, from lack of hurricane relief, to disappearing pussy, and now inflation.

      It must be fucking awesome to be a migrant.

      I was only joking

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        BIL and I were talking...Both here and in Florida, a lot of the grunt jobs or trades are now mostly Mexican. Roofers, concrete workers, framers, brick layers, etc.

        Contractors are making money. The workers, not so much. The Americans that used to do those jobs, maybe no money at all or maybe a lot less.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          BIL and I were talking...Both here and in Florida, a lot of the grunt jobs or trades are now mostly Mexican. Roofers, concrete workers, framers, brick layers, etc.

          Contractors are making money. The workers, not so much. The Americans that used to do those jobs, maybe no money at all or maybe a lot less.

          Doctor PhibesD Online
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          Doctor Phibes
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          @Jolly said in 76% of Americans:

          BIL and I were talking...Both here and in Florida, a lot of the grunt jobs or trades are now mostly Mexican. Roofers, concrete workers, framers, brick layers, etc.

          Contractors are making money. The workers, not so much. The Americans that used to do those jobs, maybe no money at all or maybe a lot less.

          Yes, but that's not really what the article was talking about, which was inflation. If anything, I would have thought that using migrant workers keeps inflation lower, although clearly it creates other problems.

          And yes, obviously the US has a big problem with illegal immigration, but blaming everything on damn foreigners gets a bit tiresome. Particularly if you're a damn foreigner.

          With the shrinking birth-rate and increasing number of American geriatrics, you might need some foreigners to look after you in your dotage.

          I was only joking

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          • JollyJ Jolly

            BIL and I were talking...Both here and in Florida, a lot of the grunt jobs or trades are now mostly Mexican. Roofers, concrete workers, framers, brick layers, etc.

            Contractors are making money. The workers, not so much. The Americans that used to do those jobs, maybe no money at all or maybe a lot less.

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            @Jolly said in 76% of Americans:

            Contractors are making money. The workers, not so much. The Americans that used to do those jobs, maybe no money at all or maybe a lot less.

            I was having a bathoom redone. I was quoted a price by the contractor--$12,000+
            I asked the worker (Juan) how much he was getting--$700.

            I probably should have gone with the contractor. 6 weeks into a 3 week job.

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            • Tom-KT Tom-K

              @Jolly said in 76% of Americans:

              Contractors are making money. The workers, not so much. The Americans that used to do those jobs, maybe no money at all or maybe a lot less.

              I was having a bathoom redone. I was quoted a price by the contractor--$12,000+
              I asked the worker (Juan) how much he was getting--$700.

              I probably should have gone with the contractor. 6 weeks into a 3 week job.

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              Doctor Phibes
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              @Tom-K said in 76% of Americans:

              I probably should have gone with the contractor. 6 weeks into a 3 week job.

              We went with a contractor for our new deck. At two years into a 4 week job, and a couple of thousand lost to the ages, we went with an actual deck company.

              I was only joking

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                I built my own deck and my wife and I renovated two bathrooms ourselves. I did the carpentry, plumbing and tile cutting and she did the tiling of the walls and floors. Took time but saved a pile of money.

                This week we just completed a major retaining wall and landscaping job in the backyard. Probably the last DIY landscaping job.

                Elbows up!

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                  Renauda, you got one hell of a wife!

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                  • Tom-KT Tom-K

                    @Jolly said in 76% of Americans:

                    Contractors are making money. The workers, not so much. The Americans that used to do those jobs, maybe no money at all or maybe a lot less.

                    I was having a bathoom redone. I was quoted a price by the contractor--$12,000+
                    I asked the worker (Juan) how much he was getting--$700.

                    I probably should have gone with the contractor. 6 weeks into a 3 week job.

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                    @Tom-K said in 76% of Americans:

                    I was having a bathoom redone. I was quoted a price by the contractor--$12,000+
                    I asked the worker (Juan) how much he was getting--$700.

                    So........ lets say that the contractor was not using an illegal immigrant.

                    What do you think the bathroom quote would have been?

                    As I have say before, people vote with their wallets.

                    As @Doctor-Phibes said, illegal immigrants can mean a lot of problems, but inflation is probably way way down on the list.

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