Today's Race in the Tennessee 7th

[Joe Ferguson forever]

4 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

Ah yes the tired who will pick our crops now.

who will?  how do you replace over 40% of the workforce?  how long will it take?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2025/02/11/trump-immigration-crackdown-threatens-us-food-supply/

[AlBUNDY4TDS]

5 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

who will?  how do you replace over 40% of the workforce?  how long will it take?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2025/02/11/trump-immigration-crackdown-threatens-us-food-supply/

Why is 40 percent of the workforce illegals?

 

Machines do alot of the harvesting anyways.

 

I haven't had a hard time finding what I need at the grocery store.

 

Sorry you can't get your kumquats at the moment.

[SCBills]

41 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

How exactly has this effort to remove workers from our economy improved your life?  I gotta say, I have not met one solitary person anywhere who likes the idea of deporting aliens who are not violent criminals and who are working and contributing to our economy.  Pathway to citizenship and documentation is the preferred course.  Now, have fun waiting for that roof or your construction job, paying more for groceries, and trying to find manual labor to do all of the things that MAGA is too lazy or too obese to do.  

Real talk.. I live in Atlanta.  I don’t deal with Somalians or Afghans or whatever. 
 

How does it affect me?

 

I want right leaning politicians to run our government.  Local, State and National.  
 

What is the #1 impediment to that?

 

Foreign born voters.  Specifically non-Latino foreign born voters from 3rd world countries who are wildly dependent upon government subsidies, assistance, housing etc. 

 

I see these people, growing in numbers, who make next to zero effort to assimilate.  And I know that eventually a society breaks under such tribalism.  Rapes are up in these areas.  Violence up in these areas.  Quality of life down in these areas.  
 

Have we not seen enough warning signs from Paris, London, Brussels

etc?  Do we need to see what happens in Ireland in the coming years before a society breaks? 
 

I want safe communities.  Republicans prioritize that.  I want a small business friendly climate.  Trump is a mixed bag for some, but in general, Republicans prioritize that.  I want sensible policy in regards to parenting and what children are exposed to in our school systems.  I trust Republicans on that. 
 

The biggest threat to the values I hold aren’t necessarily foreign born people, although I’d say foreign born Muslims in large numbers are as Islam is a religion of dominance and cultural control.   Its foreign born voters who are systematically reliant upon the government, therefore they become an imported Democrat voting base.  Thus empowering a party that opposes the values and policy view I more often support. 
 

Mass migration is THE political issue our time.  And who wins on this issue determines what party has a stranglehold on future local, state and nationwide policy. 
 

You frame it in a clownish way, as many on the left do, to avoid the fact you know this is all political.  
 

You wouldn’t give af about these people if we had years of overloading the system with right leaning white people from European, South African and Russian countries. 
 

Id love to see white liberals simp for Korean and Japanese folks.  20-something year old Asian women and Japanese men who are more conservative than a redneck in Alabama as opposed to military age men from the Middle East/North Africa.  They wouldn’t.. they’d be marching in the streets to remove them.  The switch up would be QUICK. 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by SCBills

[Joe Ferguson forever]

52 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

Why is 40 percent of the workforce illegals?

 

Machines do alot of the harvesting anyways.

 

I haven't had a hard time finding what I need at the grocery store.

 

Sorry you can't get your kumquats at the moment.

I strongly suspect it's the cheapest way for farmers to harvest.  Otherwise, they'd use an alternative.  I don't eat kumquats.  never tried one.   peaches were good this year.  and watermelons.

[Pokebball]

1 hour ago, SectionC3 said:

 

That’s not what Goldman Sachs thought.  But you know more than the best economists in the world. 

Dems in Goldman Sach's pockets. What could go wrong

[AlBUNDY4TDS]

2 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

I strongly suspect it's the cheapest way for farmers to harvest.  Otherwise, they'd use an alternative.  I don't eat kumquats.  never tried one.   peaches were good this year.  and watermelons.

So since it's cheapest, everyone should hire illegals?

 

They can figure it out just like any other business.

 

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

4 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

So since it's cheapest, everyone should hire illegals?

 

They can figure it out just like any other business.

 

 

agriculture is the most effected.  Glad you're ready to pay more fruits and vegetables.

7 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

Dems in Goldman Sach's pockets. What could go wrong

fake news

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/goldman-sachs/C00350744/candidate-recipients/2024

Edited 1 hour ago by Joe Ferguson forever

[AlBUNDY4TDS]

1 minute ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

agriculture is the most effected.  Glad you're ready to pay more fruits and vegetables.

fake news

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/goldman-sachs/C00350744/candidate-recipients/2024

Cause fruits and veggies definitely breaks the bank. But please keep defending illegal workers and the companies that hire them!

[Joe Ferguson forever]

4 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

Cause fruits and veggies definitely breaks the bank. But please keep defending illegal workers and the companies that hire them!

people living paycheck to paycheck will feel it.  more cheap junk food, more obesity, more disease, higher health care costs.

[JFKjr]

2 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

In a world where only Einsteins are allowed to immigrate, we must depend on an Einstein to clean our toilets and shovel our snow.

 

You rely on immigrants for these things?

[Pokebball]

19 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

agriculture is the most effected.  Glad you're ready to pay more fruits and vegetables.

fake news

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/goldman-sachs/C00350744/candidate-recipients/2024

Your opinion that Goldman Sachs has my best interest in mind is your opinion. One I don't share.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

5 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

Your opinion that Goldman Sachs has my best interest in mind is your opinion. One I don't share.

you're statement was factually incorrect.  Goldman is in both parties pockets.  They hedge.  That's what they do.  But I was surprised how little was given in total.

[SectionC3]

50 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

Dems in Goldman Sach's pockets. What could go wrong

Yeah sure.  Those guys care first,  foremost, and only about money.  And they think Trump sucks. 

[SectionC3]

1 hour ago, SCBills said:

Real talk.. I live in Atlanta.  I don’t deal with Somalians or Afghans or whatever. 
 

How does it affect me?

 

I want right leaning politicians to run our government.  Local, State and National.  
 

What is the #1 impediment to that?

 

Foreign born voters.  Specifically non-Latino foreign born voters from 3rd world countries who are wildly dependent upon government subsidies, assistance, housing etc. 

 

I see these people, growing in numbers, who make next to zero effort to assimilate.  And I know that eventually a society breaks under such tribalism.  Rapes are up in these areas.  Violence up in these areas.  Quality of life down in these areas.  
 

Have we not seen enough warning signs from Paris, London, Brussels

etc?  Do we need to see what happens in Ireland in the coming years before a society breaks? 
 

I want safe communities.  Republicans prioritize that.  I want a small business friendly climate.  Trump is a mixed bag for some, but in general, Republicans prioritize that.  I want sensible policy in regards to parenting and what children are exposed to in our school systems.  I trust Republicans on that. 
 

The biggest threat to the values I hold aren’t necessarily foreign born people, although I’d say foreign born Muslims in large numbers are as Islam is a religion of dominance and cultural control.   Its foreign born voters who are systematically reliant upon the government, therefore they become an imported Democrat voting base.  Thus empowering a party that opposes the values and policy view I more often support. 
 

Mass migration is THE political issue our time.  And who wins on this issue determines what party has a stranglehold on future local, state and nationwide policy. 
 

You frame it in a clownish way, as many on the left do, to avoid the fact you know this is all political.  
 

You wouldn’t give af about these people if we had years of overloading the system with right leaning white people from European, South African and Russian countries. 
 

Id love to see white liberals simp for Korean and Japanese folks.  20-something year old Asian women and Japanese men who are more conservative than a redneck in Alabama as opposed to military age men from the Middle East/North Africa.  They wouldn’t.. they’d be marching in the streets to remove them.  The switch up would be QUICK. 

 

I strongly disagree with this.   Nearly every word of it,  the economy is the big issue.  People want to live, rather than to survive.  Trump makes that harder by removing from the labor pool people who actual want to work and who actually embody American values.   And these lazy slobs, dependent on my tax dollars,  of whom you speak?  Lots of rural MAGA in that crowd.  
 

I want people here who want to work.  It’s what has made America great.  

Edited 37 minutes ago by SectionC3

[Joe Ferguson forever]

3 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

Lots of rural MAGA in that crowd.  
 

and in the crowd that consumes illegal drugs...

[Pokebball]

32 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

you're statement was factually incorrect.  Goldman is in both parties pockets.  They hedge.  That's what they do.  But I was surprised how little was given in total.

Actually, GS is part of the elite and its' interest

[SCBills]

4 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

I strongly disagree with this.   Nearly every word of it,  the economy is the big issue.  People want to live, rather than to survive.  Trump makes that harder by removing from the labor pool people who actual want to work and who actually embody American values.   And these lazy slobs, dependent on my tax dollars,  of whom you speak?  Lots of rural MAGA in that crowd.  
 

I want people here who want to work.  It’s what has made America great.  

Something like 42% of Somalians are living off government assistance.  
 

We’re stuck with native born lazy slobs. 
 

You’re the one who wants to import more of them. 
 

Please, continue to pretend you don’t understand the difference between the hard working Latino legal immigrant and the 80,000 Somalians dropped into Minnesota or random giant influx of Afghans into certain areas. 

[AlBUNDY4TDS]

20 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

I strongly disagree with this.   Nearly every word of it,  the economy is the big issue.  People want to live, rather than to survive.  Trump makes that harder by removing from the labor pool people who actual want to work and who actually embody American values.   And these lazy slobs, dependent on my tax dollars,  of whom you speak?  Lots of rural MAGA in that crowd.  
 

I want people here who want to work.  It’s what has made America great.  

What a pathetic attempt to justify hiring illegals.

[JFKjr]

2 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

who will?  how do you replace over 40% of the workforce?  how long will it take?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2025/02/11/trump-immigration-crackdown-threatens-us-food-supply/

 

If illegals make up 40 percent of our actual workforce we're going to need a MUCH bigger ICE expansion.

[SCBills]

10 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

What a pathetic attempt to justify hiring illegals.

Democrats ditched the working class to echo the refrain of Chamber of Commerce Republicans from the 2000’s.