With millions unemployed, Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for more foreign workers (construction, farmworkers, academic) (illegal, Obama)

[All American NYC]

Millions of Americans are unemployed, including large numbers of construction workers. So, what does Arnold Schwarzenegger - one of the most corrupt governors in the country - do? He goes on the Greta van Susteren show on Fox News on February 23 (link) and says this:..I've said this many times, that we need (comprehensive immigration reform)... ...because to solve this problem -- well, we've got to go and make a decision so that people can come to this country legitimately, rather than having quotas there, so that -- because we need the farm workers. We need the construction workers. We need to have people do certain jobs that maybe that we cannot fill otherwise.

I'm glad he can't be president

[allenk893]

He's going to destroy what was left of the California economy. Sad.

[All American NYC]

Originally Posted by allenk893

He's going to destroy what was left of the California economy. Sad.

Thats why they call him the terminator.

[hoffdano]

Perhaps the OP's reading comprehension is challenged. Nowhere does Arnold call for more foreign workers. He said immigration policies need changes to allow foreign workers to work in the field and in construction - jobs they already have.

So he is really saying - don't get rid of them. Create a way for them to stay legally and work.

[Winter_Sucks]

Immigration is a strength of the USA.

[DrJoey]

He's no longer the Gov.

[Marv101]

It would be nice if that buffoon in the White House would listen to him, but he's so paranoid about the millions of foreign-born students already here who graduate from our world-class business & engineering universities with a passionate desire to start what could conceivably become a super sucessful business, if not as huge as Google.

Obama's refusal to overhaul our immigration policies should tell everybody, as well as his boneheaded economic policies, that he doesn't believe in individualism or entreprenurial achievement, and is a disciple of the European entitlement state, which has been shown to be an abject failure.

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

I'm glad he can't be president

I know you know absolutely nothing about how farms operate, but I'll try and educate you.

Farms employee illegals to cheapen the cost of getting their crops to market. Without illegals, many farmers wouldn't make ends meet, crops would die in the field and go to waste. That would make food prices go up for everyone.

But beyond that, it employees millions of people down the line in super markets, restaurants, and transportation that aren't illegal workers.

So if you don't let cheaper labor do the work, then we'd lose millions of jobs.

I know that might be over the heads of many who know nothing about the state of American farming today, but its reality.

[Howest2008]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

I know you know absolutely nothing about how farms operate, but I'll try and educate you.

Farms employee illegals to cheapen the cost of getting their crops to market. Without illegals, many farmers wouldn't make ends meet, crops would die in the field and go to waste. That would make food prices go up for everyone.

But beyond that, it employees millions of people down the line in super markets, restaurants, and transportation that aren't illegal workers.

So if you don't let cheaper labor do the work, then we'd lose millions of jobs.

I know that might be over the heads of many who know nothing about the state of American farming today, but its reality.

I + Rep you for that statement , and for those that don't know the farm worker robot is still a good 50 years down the road.

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by allenk893

He's going to destroy what was left of the California economy. Sad.

No, Gov. Moonbeam will see to that. The former "governator" Arnold is a political has been. Hollywood and Geriatric Terminator: the Nursing Home Years is all he has in his future.