The battle of Home Depot. Being waged to protect

[Klarkashton]

Us from the two or three middle aged men looking for a few hours of labor for a few bucks.
We have reached a level beyond absurd.

[dchill]

1. Just a mention that these are just an example...

...of the many, many people that the economy needs to keep functioning. I do feel quite certain that this fact is really not that important to MAGA.

[Klarkashton]

3. I've very long ago stopped trying to figure out

What or why maga thinks about anything.

[usonian]

2. I have a friend who thinks that illegal immigration is a really big problem.

Of course, vastly bigger than I think it is. One person's mountain is another's molehill. It definitely does not invoke war powers acts or whatever moth-eaten, forgotten clause might be lying around to abuse.

Methinks that the insane income disparity is vastly more serious and debilitating (unlike cheap labor looking for day work) and in fact, if there were more equality in the world, people might migrate less to this country seeking a basic living wage.

I know of a young person in REDACTED country who supports a family by collecting and selling loose plastic bottles.

But there I go, blaming the cause instead of the symptom.

Politics is largrly poison. Especially the "fascist playbook" version.

[Klarkashton]

4. I don't have friends like that.

[canetoad]

5. Absurd is the correct word for it

Couple of minutes ago I read the thread about renaming warships. How would it be if every change of government, items were renamed to reflect the favour and sensibilities of the current governing (ruling?) party?

Schools, highways, libraries, planes, trains n automobiles. What else in the US is named after notable people? How utterly ABSURD it would be to rename them every election?

This is not good governance; it's fiddling while Washington burns. It's wasting time, money and goodwill. In short, it's absurd.

[Klarkashton]

6. It's all a reaction to the legitimate removal of

Confederate names. It has stuck in the craw of bullshit right wingers and so this is the juvenile payback.

[JMCKUSICK]

7. The most obvious point of disgust for me

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Is that none of these "Law Enforcement Officials" has arrested a single person for breaking the law by hiring them. You know, a crime that's demonstrably worse than ..... You know, the crimes most of these poor folks didn't commit.
(I know these folks weren't working at Home Depot) but the people hiring them were sure easy to identify, you know, the drivers of the trucks offering the actual work.

I just want to clarify that I'm no fan of destroying a segment of our economy that is probably somewhere in the 5-10% range of total GDP. I think of these meat packing plants and corporate farms that commit the following crimes every time they hire a undocumented worker.
State and Federal Tax Fraud, Unemployment Insurance fraud, State and Federal employment law violations, Minimum wage law violations in certain states, OSHA requirements for training and HazMat awareness laws etc...... I'm sure OmahaSteve could expound with much more clarity.