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Originally Posted by peverett
As far as the foreign workers, also remember that many of them have no health care, no paid vacation, no retirement benifits, no OSHA safety requirements, are forced to work 12 hour days (6-7 days a week) with no overtime, etc. Do we want this for our country?
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There has to be a middle ground somewhere. They will continue to work like slaves no matter what we do & at this point there is no turning back. The only way to keep the cheap imports out would be some amazingly high tariffs, and since trade is a 2-way street other US industries would suffer. (agriculture in particular) There just has to be some common sense. We might all want $24/hour and full benefits but the competition gets 24 cents and hour and a bowl of rice. What is better, $12/hour and working or $0/hour and living on the street?