You know the economy is really bad when...

"Lastly it frightens me to think about the poorer low income family here in the states that have no other country to go back to." Then they shouldn't have broken the law coming here. "It saddens me that as a whole American citizens mired in hate and prejudice that these immigrants actually fear for their very lives." True, illegals lives should not be in danger from vigilantes. That said, we have a town not too far from here with more than their share of these people. Can you even begin to imagine the excess this town has compared to others around here of DWI's, unpaid hospital bills, credit card fraud and crime in general? People are upset with good reason. 80% of illegals are giving the other 20% a bad name.

"I also think it unfair to focus all the crimes and unpaid bills entirely on immigrants." I don't focus all the crime and unpaid bills on immigrants. My point is that the town that has these people has a lot more of these problems than other towns.

""Lastly it frightens me to think about the poorer low income family here in the states that have no other country to go back to." I should have made that statement clearer I was talking about American families. But even if I were not we have to have some kind of compassion on illegals that have no way home to their countries, as all of the problems you just mentioned are escalated when parents have children to feed and shelter. Lets not even bring up that fact that innocent children are involved here as well. They deserve, no matter the crimes of elders safety, warm beds at night, full bellies, educations. I also think it unfair to focus all the crimes and unpaid bills entirely on immigrants. Do you have any idea of the amount of uninsured Americans and poor families we have in the states whose only recourse for medical care is through the hospital ER systems? As a nurse I saw it on a tremendous scale.

Speaking of people should do things the right way, want to bet those illegals scurrying home left some unpaid bills behind?

Finding something American made in a Wal-Mart would be difficult. To think too, that there was a time when Sam Walton was still alive that Wal-Mart had a buy American plan where they delibrately sought out small American manufacturers. Walton explained to the business community that this was so the people who bought at Wal-Mart would continue to have jobs so they could continue to buy at Wal-Mart. Too bad current Wal-Mart managers are not that smart!

I am so sure they did. This is just the begining of what is to come. People use the United States to prosper killing the economy in many ways. I live in a city up north that is over ran with many illegals and yes I know this as Fact. My sons had to move to KY to get work, and they are Americans. It is rediculous and then illegals wonder why we resent them being here. I do not understand why they would want to stay? Come here legally and get the money they should be not 5 an hour. I have been saying for years that we need to be self reliant. We rely on other countries way too much for lots of things. The politians keep on taking out and never ever give back. American need to learn to buy from the fruitstands .. not at big markets where it comes from over seas. Yes it may be hard at first on the pocket but this is the only way this country will flourish. farmstands are just an example. Go into a walmart and find something that is american made, I dont think this can be done lol. I laugh but it is ashame. Now with china getting hit with the oil how much do you think thier cheap products will cost to ship? We can produce everything here make better quality and thrive as a nation. I just do not understand why we let all the businesses leave. They should have given big businesses tax breaks a little tax is better than no tax. How they think is beyong my logic.

Odd how that works out, isn't it? Additionally, maybe we need to send secret agents disguised as union reps to drive wages up in China, Mexico, etc.

Exactly

Your explanation makes sense to me.

I can only hope more illegals realize you are right.

Yes, it is a shame to see the more intelligent leave a country. It is all so unecessary, too. All it takes is an economy where those who are promoted are truely the most able and not merely those connected by family or political party to someone influential. We have those problems even here in the USA, but to a lesser extent. That is the entire secret to a booming economy. Promotion on merit and nothing else and no monopoly for socialism. Seems pretty simple but you can't get people to believe it.

I suppose we will know it is really bad when Americans start illegally going to Mexico to look for work.