Do you think Latinos not going to work, or purchasing anything in 1 day can affect anything?
350228
LOL at the 1st response.  I can promise that I am going to go to Wal-mart and there will still be an overwhelming percentage of Mexicans in there...speaking Spanish and not English...so that we all have to guess what or who they are talking about.  I don't see it really impacting our economics...what I see it doing is causing a rift between races.  Illegals shouldn't even have the right to plan anything that will do anything to America...they are not from here, nor are they legally here! And for the idiots that said something about Taco Bell being Mexican and if Mexicans weren't here, we wouldn't have it...check your facts! Taco Bell is not Mexican, not owned by Mexicans and has nothing to do with Mexico.
459619
Yes, it's May 1st. No immigrant in the USA will work, buy, or sell on this Day.  It will probably be 99% Latino Immigrants legal or not. Immigrants from other countries may follow.
1178117
A tan will not steel jobs, or mug you. It will not play bad ethnic music loudly, or drain the economy. Yet a tan can not mow my lawn for 3 cents, so I guess immigrants are necessary.
542860
I was just about to post the same thing but you beat me too it! I guess great minds think alike!! I live in NY state and i saw no change. I even saw Mexicans here buying things, working, acting like nothing was new. No signs, No protesters, nothing. Business as usual here. Now i live in  trailer park, next to a gas station. And a lot of the population here is Hispanic and Mexican. I sat in my house and watch them go to the store, buy things, just act like nothing was wrong. If i didn't frequent Yahoo Answers then i would have never know about the marches yesterday. So I think that the "March" was poorly organized. It didn't reach every single aspect of our American lives or our city's. Like it was intended. And I thought that was the point? I know they marched in D.C., and New York City, and all the BIGGER city's in our country, but its the small city's that make up alot about this country. And we saw no effect. So i really wouldn't worry.. I don't think they accomplished much yesterday. Nothing at all.
530517
But thats just it. I personally dont think there was an effect. They gathered, spoke their peace, now they are happy. No laws were changed, no one arrested (surprisingly). no one hurt. I feel they could have gone about the issue a diffrent way, but i still dont see any changes in our country today because of yesterday. I dotn support what they are doing or why they are doing it, but why couldnt they have done it differently? Not going to work never solved problems for anyone. They wanted us to feel what it would be like if there were no illegal immigrants in our country, i dont know about you , but nothing changed here, i still watched mexicans buying stuff at our local store, no protesting, no signs. so i still dotn know what the point of yesterday was.
494506
I was thinking the same thing yesterday! I told my hubby I bet they WILL buy things, the first of the month is when they get their food stamps! They aren't fooling anyone! This country will be just fine without them! They are more of a drain our economy than anything else!
257664
Illegal immigrants, No, because it has a negative impact on many things. \n\nTo name a few: welfare system, court system (tying up the court systems with things such as drinking and driving. I watch the news on a daily basis and suprise it's not the white or even black people killing others in d&D accidents but the illegal mexicans), economy (they make money here but send it back to where-ever their family is), and jobs (why would an employer want to hire someone thats here "legally" when they can hire an illegal immigrant that will work under the table for minimum wage?).
581609
It would affect the US economy,  no doubt. In labour intensive areas like agriculture, it would result in the increase of prices while our tax money which goes to support the illegal immigrants will see a reduction. Everyone is worried about how the average Ameican who is so dependent on the labour will fend for himself. \n\nAlso, not all the people who are doing manual labour are Mexicans/ Latinos. And not all Latinos illegals either.  \n\nLastly, it will also get all the couch potatoes up and a obese nation on it's toes again - maybe we needed this to jolt us out of our sedentary lifestyle into a more active one?
496894
I don t think so .\nThey already had their day off last Monday and Tuesday !
1182937
Pancha, I am not talking about the 4% here. I am talking about multiplying that by family not yet here, and by the HUGE increase from the Senate Bill proposed guest worker program.  I think the illegals except those we are really willing to root out (the awful ones) are going to be here legalization or not, so the impact is already here.  My focus is on the future immigration level. This is not just a 'lets make it a little easier'.  This is a 'let's flood the market so we can pay peanuts, like China does' and there is no hope that won't impact us, particularly when the baby boomers retire and need the social services they have been paying into all of their lives.  Read this.  I MEAN it: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1109.cfm
632534
You're going to buy, sell and trade latinos? Isn't that naughty?
630605
I am not surprised.  You break one law.  Who cares after that.  I see alot of crime in my city.  96% hispanic.  It is heartbreaking.  The neighborhoods look like slums.  If they are so great with housekeeping and lawns, why don't they take care of their own.  Better yet why don't they just go home.
790529
Helll Yea,\n\nNo Need To Worry Bout Rent, College fees, Credit Card Bills, Work Pressure (School Home Work Is Nothin) Etc Etc
378463
That's exactly what I've been saying.  People love to complain about everythin but really don't want to do anything to change things.  They want everyone else to do it for them.\n\nWhy do you think the Latinos are getting their way?  THEY ARE ORGANIZED and get off their butts.
578866
Well, I think that would be more effective than just showing us how much they can hurt our economy by not shopping or working for one day.. It's like everyone not buying gas on the same day.. Everything will go back to normal tomorrow and they will be shopping and working just like always.. probably more to make up for not doing it today.
545255
First of all, do they really think that it will make any difference at all? It won't. In order to actually make a noticible dent in the economy, they would have to hold out a heck of a lot longer than 24 hours...and I just really don't see that happening. Second of all, where do they get off? Nowhere else but in America could someone protest, throw a fit and expect someone to make allowances for the fact that they have, in fact, broken the law. There are legal ways to enter this country, they could have chosen one of them and then there wouldn't be this problem. However, they chose not to obey the laws of this country and, in my opinion, they need to be held accountable for their lawlessness. \n\nIf we allow all these illegal immigrants amnesty, what message does that send to all the immigrants who entered this country legally, who paid their dues and did things according to the rules? Gee, we're sorry we put you through all that because our laws are completely meaningless and we're going to give amnesty to everyone who decided they didn't want to be bothered with the pesky rules? What next, are we going to allow all mass murderers to run free because, hey, if you can break one law, why not all of them. What if all the rapists in every maximum security prison across the country stage a protest demanding their freedom? Why have any rules and laws at all if they can just be arbitrarily changed to exonorate a group of people just because they protest and demand it?\n\nI understand that the people coming here illegally are desperate and in dire circumstances, I don't doubt that at all. However, as someone who grew up in dire circumstances myself (yes, I know what it's like to go to bed hungry for weeks on end, to not have heat in the winter and to face the uncertainty of whether or not you're going to have a roof over your head), I still believe that breaking the law is unacceptable. That doesn't mean that I don't understand the motivation behind it, but it is what it is. After all, we have hundreds of thousands of legal American citizens who are homeless, who are hungry, who are in desperate situations and who are crying for an opportunity to support their families. However, should one of these people choose to rob a bank or sell drugs in an attempt to support their family, we don't see protests in the streets to exonorate them of their crimes. We may understand the motivation behind their actions, but the truth is that they've broken the law, regardless of the reasons/circumstances and in this country, there are consequences for breaking the law. If there aren't, then what's the point of even having a legal system?\n\nCome here legally and I don't have a problem with it. Come here from whatever country, make a life for yourself, send your kids to college, make yourself a millionaire, win the lottery, start a fortune 500 company. I. DON'T. CARE. That's the sort of thing that this country was built on. I, myself, have relatives who immigrated to this country legally and who have been very successful in building their lives and their fortunes. Great for them! Certainly there are those who are racist, but don't make this a racial thing, that's the easy cop-out.
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There Are 300 Million People In This Nation That Go To School And Work And Shop And Buy Gas And Groceries EVERYDAY\n\nIf 15 Or So Million Of Them Take The Day Off And "BOYCOTT" The Nation, I Dont Think It Will Have Much Impact, If ANY At All\n\nLet Em Boycott For A Day, OR A Week\n\nThis Is AMERICA Not MEXICO\n(Maybe The Wheels Would Fall Off The Wagons THERE, But Not Here)\n\nThey Can Boycott Their ILLEGAL @$$ES All The Way Back To The Border