Thread: Is Illegal Immigration Hurting Our Working Class?
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Old 12-12-2006, 05:02 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Sixty-one percent (61%) of all year round full time workers in Vermont who earned less than $15,000 ($7.20/hr) in 1999 were over 29 years old. Over 10,000 full time workers over 29 earned less than $15,000 per year.
These figures are for the state of Vermont, showing that some places don't have all these good paying jobs, you think are every where.
If 10 thousand workers over 29 years old don't make enough to make ends meet(make minimum wage), and they work full time, the problem can't be with the worker being lazy. If you have some evidence of a higher rate of mental illness and stupidity in the state of Vermont, than by all means please show a link.
The numbers in all the studies don't match your assesment of the situation.
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