Emigration
A lot of my co-workers are natives of other countries. Most of them are from Mexico or from various African countries.
Many of the Mexicans came here because they already had family here. They usually want to stay here, but send money to their remaining family in Mexico.
The Africans are all guys here with their brothers who are working their butts off to horde money (sometimes tax-free) with every intention of going back home to Africa where their parents, wives, and children are, and living in grand style off the money they made here.
I was listening to a couple guys from Ghana talk about the insanely low cost of living and the businesses they’re trying to start up and all I could think was, “It’s not fair.”
I mean, good for them for doing what they needed to do to get in this position. They made their way here, got good jobs, and they work hard.
But I’m a native of this country. There is nowhere for me to go to earn big bucks (sometimes tax-free) and then come back here and spend it. I have a harder time going even temporarily to many other countries than others have coming here. Trying to get a work visa is a whole ‘nother story. What am I supposed to do? How could I accomplish a dream like that?
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April 25th, 2004 at 11:45 am
Anarctica, baby. You could make huge bucks working for the NSA down there, come home in a few years with a fat wad of cash. It’s been done. I have info, if you want it…