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Posts Made By: Mel Maki

December 19, 2020 04:41 AM Forum: Politics

Britain Started Vaccinating Yesterday, Israel To Start On December 27, Here It's A

Posted By Mel Maki

Are there millions of jobs that nobody else wants to do? Those job openings would go unfilled without illegal immigrants? There are not that many farm jobs.

December 19, 2020 05:00 AM Forum: Politics

Britain Started Vaccinating Yesterday, Israel To Start On December 27, Here It's A

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Yes there are. According to the National Center for Farmworker Health, more than 3 million migrant and seasonal farmworkers are estimated to be in the United States. Other sources cite even higher numbers.
Do you think there are only 3 million illegals?

December 19, 2020 05:03 AM Forum: Politics

Britain Started Vaccinating Yesterday, Israel To Start On December 27, Here It's A

Posted By Mel Maki

The stats I see are that 2 million of the 3 million are family farmers and 1 million are hired.

December 19, 2020 05:07 AM Forum: Politics

Britain Started Vaccinating Yesterday, Israel To Start On December 27, Here It's A

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

You're wasting your time by arguing with a Melvin. He'll just go down another rabbit hole about the number of migrants in the country...
Rod, you could look this stuff up, if you wanted to.

December 19, 2020 05:10 AM Forum: Politics

Britain Started Vaccinating Yesterday, Israel To Start On December 27, Here It's A

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Of course not, but this was your question: "Are there millions of jobs that nobody else wants to do? Those job openings would go unfilled without illegal immigrants? There are not that many farm jobs."  My reply provided over three million examples.
Bureau of labor statistics claims 3 million farm jobs. Two million family workers and one million hired.

December 19, 2020 05:27 AM Forum: Politics

Britain Started Vaccinating Yesterday, Israel To Start On December 27, Here It's A

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

I just looked that up - interesting. I'm not sure how to reconcile the difference between those numbers and the ones I found - both are from good sources. I did some digging and didn't find anything yet, unfortunately I'm working right now and am time-limited. Maybe this weekend!
Both sides will say the other side is slanting the stats for their benefit.

December 26, 2020 03:21 AM Forum: Politics

The Border Wall...

Posted By Mel Maki

If Biden tore down the fence that Trump did build some people would cheer. The media would be happy to lead with it.

January 22, 2021 01:17 AM Forum: Politics

Today

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Maurice Clark
Hi Jim,

I know the culture is a little different, but when you look at how effective Australia has been in stopping the virus, you would certainly think that things could have been better managed in the US. Australia has had very tight lockdowns and border controls. The government has very tight restriction on who can enter the country. Not even citizens can travel back unless they have been vetted and approved as hardship cases. Even then, only a limited number are allowed in each week and those that are allowed in still must do 14 days quarantine at their own expense.

Even between states was severely restricted.  For example, my home state of Western Australia very quickly closed its borders to other states. As a result there has been very little of the virus in WA. I was talking to my sister last week and she was full of praise for this, saying they are living an almost normal life as a result.

The was a report a couple of weeks back by an ABC reporter who managed to fly from Australia to the US. He was astounded at the difference in attitude by Americans. I will try and find it again, but it might be too far back now.

Cheers,

Maurice
Yes, border controls are smart. Biden wants less border control. Mexico has no shortage of COVID. Free excellent medical is here for the taking. They know Biden is making it easier. Come on up.

January 22, 2021 01:41 AM Forum: Politics

Today

Posted By Mel Maki

Yes, it is not as bad as the Biden team is saying. Their goal is 100 million in the next 100 days. The Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker is claiming the last day of Trump they did 1.5 million. The average for the week is 912,000 a day. So it could be said during Trump, starting from nothing, they are on the pace Biden's team is talking about. It is too low and will be difficult to sustain but there is some Biden hype here.

January 22, 2021 02:02 AM Forum: Politics

Lets add a little truth to the fiction here...... lol

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by David Cotterell
As we stumble forward into 2021, please enjoy and use this handy template to improve the level of discourse here in the Politics Forum.
Rank, rump-fed, maggot pie sums it up nicely.  "Rump-fed" might get one in a misunderstanding, though.