Wow, K. I didn't know you could actually speak seriously...
I agree 100% with what you said. However, I want to comment on a few things.
In my experience, Americans are generally lazy and bitchy. But I don't think that's their fault, but a consequence of society.
It's true, latin people work harder, and complain a lot less. But that's because in our countries, working conditions are a lot different than they are here.
When I came to the US, being that I didn't speak hardly any English, I started working at a labor pool. I soon realized that, working at the same pace I used to work in my country (where I was considered a below average worker), here I was roughly doing the same work as 3 people, to the point that foremen used to tell me to slow down, because that had no more work to give me, and, after a few days, started giving me extra breaks, to compensate.
At the same time, there's the pay issue: while Americans working at that labor pool were unhappy getting minimum wage, I was getting here, for sweeping empty houses and moving small rocks out of the way, almost 3 times the money I used to earn in my country, as an electronics technician with over 20 years experience.
Then, there's the safety issue. Most Americans would go through a lot of safety procedures before moving a finger. Some of those procedures do make sense, but most of them don't, and cost time and speed.
For example, in the factory I'm working now, I have to wear safety glasses all the time. I wear glasses normally, so I thought I wouldn't have to wear the safety glasses, but no, they make me wear them on top of my glasses, "because my glasses don't have side protection".
But the safety glasses don't fit on top of my glasses, so they don't protect the sides at all. Meanwhile, I have to waste time picking the glasses up every 2 seconds, because they keep falling. And that in a factory where nothing flies around, since all the machines have covers.
I'm not saying safety is bad, but there's a difference between safety and stupidity...
SuperK wrote: The ONLY problem I have with immigration is that there should be a way to impose taxes on them.
I don't know how it is where you live, but here in Miami, most illegal aliens do pay taxes.
Here, if you don't have a social security number, you don't work, period. So, most illegals have fake ones.
That means they do pay taxes, and, unlike legal residents, they don't reap any of the benefits from them (including no tax rebates, ever).
If you ask me, the real problem in this country is LEGAL immigrants, not illegal ones.
I see, everywhere, legal immigrants living off social security and food stamps. That's what's wrecking the system, not illegals, that have no rights at all.