Immigration

So we don't like the 12 million illegals working in this country ... in spite of the fact that all of them are gainfully employed. But we don't seem to worry about the big corporations giving away thousands of jobs to people in foreign countries. We complain that illegals in the USA are not paying taxes or medicare or contributing to Social Security. But we don't seem to worry that every job sent overseas means less taxes paid into the USA, less to medicare and less to social security. It seems to me that corporations like their off-shore sub-contractors because the labor is cheaper and less regulated than it is locally. Similarly, we like employing illegals because it's cheaper and less regulated than employing legal immigrants and American workers. Bottom line is that both the illegals and big business are short-changing Uncle Sam, medicare, social security and the American Worker. There's a message in this somewhere ... has the American Worker spent too much time at the trough, enjoying the good life? Has the American Worker lost his competitiveness against foreign workers? Will the American Worker one day become extinct?