Brent, At 09:52 PM 10/6/2005, you wrote: >>Mark, please clarify. I doubt there is a nation on the planet that is not an >>importer.<<
By importers, I am referring to corporate capitalists and transnational corporations, i.e., the corporatocracy (corporate power). The U.S. is the global center of corporate capitalism, the primary sponsor of the WTO, etc. >>To remedy the abuses of migrant agricultural workers, the U.S. Congress >>passed a law requiring the field owner to get an "H-2A" visa for its >>temporary agricultural workers, say, 100 people to pick lettuce. The process >>to get visas for these 100 workers requires the following:<< IMO, they are just bandaids. Mexicans are streaming into the U.S. to take low-end jobs. Some of those jobs are on farms in California. A recent survey found that more than 50% of Mexicans, if given the choice, would move to the U.S. NAFTA and related measures have created a new underclass. >>So the growers, who would pay the fees if it was a viable process, instead >>just revert back to hiring the people illegally. The remedy, though >>well-intentioned, is just too burdensome, I am told.<< Yes, and governments often look the other way - just as they are doing with illegal immigrants. IMO, these problems can only be solved in the context of a just, globalized, socialized economy. Via moderna, Mark A. Foster . http://markfoster.net ... [a] word is ... a universal. - William of Ockham Structurization Tech: http://tech.structurization.com The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
