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>> http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=31707
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>> Our legislature is at long last endeavoring to stem the flood of
illegal
>> immigration that is pouring over our border from Mexico. In December
our
>> Congress passed some very im****tant enforcement and border security
>> measures. The Senate will be taking the bill under advisement as early
>> as February.
>> The American Horse Council has sided with illegal aliens against the
>> security and sovereignty of America.
>> Contact the American Horse Council and let them know what you think of
>> their treasonous, anti-American, pro-terrorist, pro-criminal lobbying
>> effort. Contact your senators and urge them to pass the enforcement
>> legislation approved by Congress and prohibit any guest worker
>> legislation from seeing the light of day.
>>
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This is a e-mail that I just sent to the Legislative Assistant of the
American Horse Council. It read as follows:
Mr. Myers,
It has come to my attention that the American Horse Council is proposing
we
stop legislation that would be to the benefit of the United States as a
whole. The council is proposing that we lessen the requirements for
foreign
workers to come and work in the United States due to a lack of experienced
personnel. All I have to say is that isn't the problem. The problem is
slave
labor. The major horse farm owners and operators don't want to pay the
price
to employ Americans. It would be cheaper for them to employ immigrants
from
other countries. Well that is a load of bull. I read an article in a
newsgroup, about a man that was injured while working at a horse farm, and
the farm REFUSED to pay the persons medical bills. This man is debilitated
for life, and not only that, he was only paid $300.00/month to live, eat,
and breath this horse farm. I can tell you now, that is not even minimum
wage in the United States. I, along with being an avid horse lover, am
also
a veteran of the United States Navy. I worked on a horse farm in Monroe,
Wa****ngton called Moné Farms. The owner of the business was a very good
friend of mine. I, by my choice, worked there part-time for free, just
because I love to be around horses that much. The owner, Danielle, did not
take advantage of me. She actually insisted that I be compensated somehow.
She did this by giving me advanced horseman****p lessons, and allowing me
to
ride when I wanted. I did not have to worry about pay or medical because I
was under the employ of the US Navy. However, if I had not had a safety
net
I would have at least required a decent wage of more than $20,000.00 a
year,
and workers comp insurance for injuries occurring at work. I think this
should be a Federal Law that this be required. In fact I think it is a
federal law now. None the less, your members should know better than to
hurt
this country by outsourcing jobs to people of another country. If there is
a
lack of experienced personnel for the job, then provide training. I know
personally in the state that I live in; there is only one university that
offers a specialty in equine studies. Why not instead of treating the
symptoms, try to find a cure. It will be cheaper in the long run, and
boost
the American economy. I have read the letter that you propose people send
to
their congressman/woman, and it is seriously flawed. And if all you are
going to do is sup****t legislation for the minority of horse owners (the
wealthy horse farm owners) then you aren't the "American" Horse Council,
you
are just another bureaucratic institution that ignores the little man in
this world. Everyone I know hates to see foreign workers come into OUR
country and take OUR jobs. Every foreign worker that you sup****t is one
less
American that you do not sup****t. This is not right, and you should not do
it. I think this legislation is FAIR, and allows for more jobs to go to
American people by making it harder to get foreign workers into the
American
job market. Use your brains people, this country is falling apart around
us,
and people like yourself who sup****t legislation like this, are not
helping
to rebuild it, only to destroy what we have fought long and hard to
preserve.
Phil Kurtz
"Op****tunity Arises From Performance"
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