Thank you Seti , I would be honored but I don't think I will ever run for public office,  I would sure back you if you ran though.

Barbara Jones:

Landscaping and commercial lawn service is just part of our biz ( we only do a few residential lawns because we have to charge tree service price, we do commercial lawns ) , and most of our biz is tree service with a bucket truck with wench , 2 hi-lifts.dozens of gasoline chain saws including pole saws of various lengths. Landscaping and lawn service are more often combined but usually not with a full tree service biz, actually most biz in Texas are either lawn service , landscaping, or tree service, not all three. And I don't know about other areas in Texas but our area is NOT dominated by illegal or even legal immigrants doing the work, like I said in our area border patrol is very active and effective and fines are enforced quite diligently and the prejudices against immigrants are rather intense which is apparantly a very strong deterrent. I expect it is more like you are describing in large metropolitan areas and the loss of good paying jobs has more to do with an increase in independent contractors than anything else. Well over 30% of all jobs in Texas are minimum wage jobs that do NOT provide health insurance, etc. universal healthcare would be the best solution, I would never agree to anything that would guarantee income to lazy good for nothing slobs, druggies or alcoholics, etc. that just don't want to work, I believe working for a living and the struggle to attain success builds character, strength, in many cases empathy, and all the qualities that make a person a better person. I find the people that have had it too easy in life born with a silver spoon, or just good at scamming the system and living off of the work of others are usually lacking in empathy and most of the qualities that I think are necessary to ensure future generations do not become weak, pathetic, greedy, selfish takers who think the world owes them, and are encapable of giving, contributing, sharing, etc. etc. .

...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Thank You Barbara, That was much more useful...Your choice of specialization would also make you less at competition with the immigrants as the needs of your business make it more difficult for immigrants to do that work...The equipment alone is a hindrance to entry...I am not saying that is why you chose that line of work or anything like that...Other than that I think we agree on the nature of your market...great...moving on to the latter portion of your post...I will respond to that in the next post that is interesting...

In the latter part of the post Barbara said ......"I would never agree to anything that would guarantee income to lazy good for nothing slobs, druggies or alcoholics, etc..............................................................................................We are not capable of deciding what is producuve use of anothers time...that is not our decision and should not be our decision...they are free...and to be free everyone must have the choice to not participate............................................................................................................ that just don't want to work, I believe working for a living and the struggle to attain success builds character, strength, in many cases empathy, and all the qualities that make a person a better person........................................................I certainly agree with all of this..I differ only in that I do not believe that people need to be forced to work...that is not freedom...and of course you can not force everyone to work unless there is enough work for everyone...which currently there is not....................... I find the people that have had it too easy in life born with a silver spoon, or just good at scamming the system and living off of the work of others are usually lacking in empathy and most of the qualities that I think are necessary to ensure future generations do not become weak, pathetic, greedy, selfish takers who think the world owes them, and are encapable of giving, contributing, sharing, etc. etc.....this last part says nothing really....who are you describing the trumps...the romneys...maybe Bill Gates....or maybe Wesley Autrey...It is not clear...it does not sound like Bums as most of them did not start with silver spoons so I don't know whom you refer here...Barbara we must understand that the world is rapidly changing and there simply will not be enough jobs for everyone...our current forced labor setup does not take this situation into account....Sure it will be a long time before your business or mine are gone but all the paper pusher and manufacturing....going,going, soon to be gone...forever...we cannot allow coporation to push that large a percentage of our populace into poverty just because they are not needed...this should free humanity not make us more enslaved...