Ignorance and Mexicans

In the news this past week, a Kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa came under investigation for abusing child labor laws after finding several children as young as 16 and under operating heavy duty machinery, and working long hours for very little pay.

As I stated in my very first blog, I really hate when people post things about a news story on the interweb without thinking first. I read the Tribune online daily and came across this story on Tuesday, I believe. After reading the story, I went straight to the comments page and was amazed at how many ignorant racists live in this area. Despite the fact that kids were being exploited for profit, all these knuckleheads could be concerned with was the fact that "we need to deport these illegals...they're stealing the jobs from hardworking, unemployed real americans."

Let's get one thing straight here: obviously, the fat cats at the meatpacking plant don't give two shits about unemployed hardworking legal citizens. They don't hire the Mexicans because they have a soft spot in their hearts for them. They hire them to improve their bottom line. If they can get a bunch of people and their children and pay them next to nothing, that means more money for them. They don't want someone they'll have to provide benefits and real wages to. That's not friendly to their pocketbooks, despite the fact that they could in fact afford to pay people real wages. They're just greedy. Plain and simple. And to have illegal aliens in this country is the best thing in the world to them.

So why are we so upset at illegal aliens "stealing our jobs"? Would you even want to work for a company like that? Why isn't anyone angry at the greedy bastards going out of their way to employ them, if people supposedly care so much? Is it just easier to be upset at Mexicans and think that, "well, if they weren't around, the companies wouldn't be able to hire them"? Come on, look at the jobs they are working. Let's face it, were an elist country. No matter how down in the dumps someone is, they'd rather not do the jobs that we see many Mexican workers doing. I know I don't want to get up at six am and spend all day in the hot sun, cutting some rich fucker's grass. And they really shouldn't have to either.

We've got to start showing some anger towards the jerks of the world, the ones willing to employ Mexicans for low cost but unwilling to treat them like real people. We need to start showing anger towards the genius who said, "oh, you have a son? Bring him in, we'll put him to work on the bone slaw." Because I guarantee his kids ain't working for peanuts. I doubt they even work at all.