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Old June 17, 2003, 03:55 AM
Michael Ross (Aust, Qld)
 
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Default Are we having fun yet?

> They NEVER worked in this country, they
> NEVER lived in this country.
> That's a fact, this is what you call
> 'inherent' in being an immigrant.

Yes. That is true. There is another something though.

The rich (migrant or not) know this and live by it. Most of the public don't know this... and if they do... don't live their life by it. In fact, they seem to do exactly the opposite. From early on in their life too. They do it because they can.

Migrants couldn't do it even if they wanted to. Not being able to do it, they are FORCED to go without. Being without gives them an advantage. Most people only get to the level migrants start at, very late in their life - if at all.

> Now, summing up some 'no's (from my previous
> post):

> 7. no language
> 8. no credit history (status)
> 9. no employment history (status)
> 10. no rental history (status)
> 11. no driver's license (and record)
> 12. NO EXPERIENCE of working in a new
> country

These conditions... these points... mean what?

They are forced to go for menial, minimum this and that.

What, besides higher paying jobs, can't they get? And why is that lack an advantage over everyone else?

Everyone wants to get ahead in life. But something keeps holding them back. That something is not present in a migrant's life.

This thread is good. A lot of good answers are being given. About the attributes a migrant has that most others do not.

There is someone who, I believe, would spot the missing element in a heart beat if he were reading. So he must be having a week off or be on the road. But that is neither here nor there.

To hint again... it was revealed in Karol's original post. It is in there, for those with eyes to see. He even mentions it outright - without realizing it, of course.

Michael Ross