I have always prided myself on being a thinker—an individual who evaluates a circumstance or setting—with insight into the cause or effect of the actual problem. Some say it’s a gift but I say it’s nothing more than common sense. Now, many won’t understand that because (and I am truly sorry to say this) there are many people in the world who don’t have any common sense. It’s a fact. No, I can’t provide statistics, but I can point out scenarios. That my friends, I am good at. So, I thought I would bring another interesting point to the CultureFeast table. Are the issues regarding the illegal aliens the itch (the original source of the “problem”) or the scratch (the after affect)? 

For instance, we want them out. Americans want the Mexicans out of the country. Why? “They are taking jobs away from Americans”—that’s what people say. And that is a good reason. If someone came up to me (or my boss) and said, you have just lost your job to a person from Mexico who will do the same job for much less pay—that would piss me off. Who wouldn’t get upset? But I can’t say I have ever faced that. And forgive me for saying this, but I am glad it never happened to me. Why? Well, I can’t say I have ever worked in a fast-food restaurant, and I haven’t bussed tables since I was 16-years old and I don’t wash cars, do dishes, cut lawns or roof houses. So, with that understanding, no Mexican is taking my job. Now if you on the other hand are worried about someone taking your job—and we know what types of work they perform in this country—then maybe you should evaluate your own career and educational choices and opt for a better position within the American workplace.

Corporate America is screaming about this issue. Mexicans are taking jobs away from Americans. But I assure there is no member of Corporate America (in a suit mind you) losing their positions to someone from Mexico who no speakey de English. That’s a lie. If anything Corporate America (and medium/small business owners) have much to gain by allowing such cheap labor in the workplace. I mean, they reap the profits of such low costs of wages compared to the costs associated with running their business. Period. And that good people is a fact. We work to make money and the business owners of America are making money off the Hebrews of America—the people of Mexico. 

The phrase “they are taking jobs away from Americans” is as pathetic as the African-American phrase, “the white man is holding me back.” Those statements are just not true. For instance, I have NEVER seen or heard of a white man, sneaking into a black man’s home (or neighborhood) and tearing up homework. If someone from an African-American home doesn’t graduate, it’s not because a white man took your school books, but because you probably didn’t take them home and use them. That is a fact as well. And on that note, I have never seen a group of illegal aliens, ambushing a business owner and forcing them to hire them instead of Americans. What I have seen however is the hoard of American business owners (or someone on their staff), soliciting cheap labor under the many bridges, in the many parts of Fort Worth, Texas, knowing full well, they want good work and they want it cheap, and also knowing they are the reason we have a problem with illegal aliens in this country. They my friends are the itch. They (American business owners) are the cause (the itch) of the problem. The scratch (the after affect) is the flood of people coming to America—from Mexico—to take the jobs Americans are giving away, right under our bridges, right under our noses. And let’s not forget the countless jobs that have been outsourced by OUR FELLOW AMERICAN BUSINESS OWNERS to countries in the Middle East? The only reason we don’t scream as much about that is because they aren’t bringing them HERE to answer support calls!!! 

We are targeting the wrong people. We should be holding our fellow American responsible for the plague of Mexicans who are crossing the border—and willing to die for it—for the sake of higher wages than they will ever earn in their home country. It’s simple supply and demand. America wants them here, to make money off them. America wants them here so we can have homes built in less than three months, roofs repaired on our homes almost as quickly as mother-nature removed them, fresh cut lawns so we can brag at the next Homeowners Association meeting and “authentic” Mexican cuisine, coupled with “authentic” margaritas during happy hour. We love everything they do for us, we just don’t love them. And I can’t seem to figure out the real reasons why. 

If we hate them because they cost us so much money, then after we remove them from American, let’s empty out our American prisons. I mean, three hots & a cot (three meals and a place to sleep for the rest of you) all provided by John Q. Taxpayer? How wonderful is that? But I guess we don’t mind since they are Americans, right? And if the problem is truly because they don’t pay taxes…then can the rest of us stop paying school taxes to districts where we have NO CHILDREN attending? I mean seriously, why should WE support others with OUR tax money? And again, if the problem is truly because they are not paying taxes, then how do they get paid? Are they being paid under the table? Are they being paid cash? If so, we are not focusing on the itch people (the ones paying cash and evading taxes themselves) but the scratch, the ones working for cash. I would agree with that if Americans would say they have never worked for cash—tax free money—but that wouldn’t be true now would it?
 
There are many great things we can do as a nation, once we kick them out. For starters we can learn how to get our hands dirty again and remember the value of an honest day’s wage. We can also learn how to pickup after ourselves, always pass English courses with A’s, make our own tortillas and margaritas, and appreciate that no self-respecting American will work for less than minimum wage (thereby raising the costs associated with EVERYTHING we buy) but at least we can say—it’s MADE IN AMERICA—by Americans. Just the way we want it. But we know that isn’t going to happen…because there will always be an itch…because there will always be a desire to turn a profit regardless of how the money is made.

~Bobby Ozuna
Texas Writer/Author
 
"Proud Souls", the novel

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