DrDoug
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- Jan 16, 2014
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I have a neighbor who moved here from California and was a general contractor, now retired, who liked to brag about his old company. One of the things he liked to point out was the fact that his work crews were all illegals. Why? Because they were cheap labor and he made more money on each job. The best part is that he's a hard core conservative and Trumphumper. The reason I said that he "liked" to talk about it is that he isn't doing so any more after something I said to him.
We were having some work done on the property and he came over to see what was going on. In talking I mentioned that these guys were real pros, busted rear and I bet that they were wiped out at the end of the day. He chose that time to once again regale me with his story about his contracting business, once again mentioning that his employees were all illegals and that some days he would get home, make dinner and pass out from exhaustion with the food there while counting all of the money he made. But this time he had a crew (the guys working at our place) to compare his to and observed that the owner could make more money if he hired illegals.
I looked him in the eye and told him that maybe the owner wasn't cheap and wanted Americans to have the jobs. He STFU and hasn't mentioned his damned business since.
We were having some work done on the property and he came over to see what was going on. In talking I mentioned that these guys were real pros, busted rear and I bet that they were wiped out at the end of the day. He chose that time to once again regale me with his story about his contracting business, once again mentioning that his employees were all illegals and that some days he would get home, make dinner and pass out from exhaustion with the food there while counting all of the money he made. But this time he had a crew (the guys working at our place) to compare his to and observed that the owner could make more money if he hired illegals.
I looked him in the eye and told him that maybe the owner wasn't cheap and wanted Americans to have the jobs. He STFU and hasn't mentioned his damned business since.