text: how stupid do they think we are? there are two debates on the senate bill, one in the press, one not. what? do you think of the 'prevailing wage' issue? big business wants to flood legal immigration going forward and get cheap labor to depress wages. but they insist the jobs are those 'americans won't do'. idea is they have to show americans won't do them before they can get fresh guest workers. at the last minute the senate added a rule that that has to be at 'the prevailing wage' a law used to govern fair wages at federal sites. poor big business knows they won't be able to exploit cheap labor as much that way and is trying to say (behind the scenes) that the fair wage law is unfair because american workers often make less than that, since the standard applies only to government jobs. so, construction workers etc. out there, is it unfair to you to say new guest workers can't be brought in unless paid the prevailing wage?  i'm not in construction, so i'm curious as to how you feel. i feel like were getting bent over by the politicians...  the lower the politicians and big companies can make wages, the less citizens will want those jobs and thats when they can say we wont take them...  if illegal aliens were deported those jobs would have to pay higher or go away to mechanization...  the way it is now, illegals are stopping our kids and low income people from taking those entry level jobs...  in construction, illegals working under the table make it cheaper for a company to build something and therefore more competitive and profitable than a company that plays by the rules...