r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/BirthdayBoyStabMan • Jul 20 '24

Country Club Thread The party of "fuck you, I got mine"

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Jul 20 '24

I remember we went to Ireland a few years ago. Everyone we spoke to lived around NYC for a time. They all said the economy was bad so they came to the US, overstayed their visas and worked as servers and bartenders. That was mind-blowing that literally dozens or Irish people all did the same thing.

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u/UnlikelyHero727 Jul 20 '24

They didn't go there for the economy, Irish people can move anywhere in the EU and the Irish economy with its 12.7 euro/h minimum wage is definitely not bad enough that you would rather be an illegal immigrant without any pension/health insurance.

They left because of the Hollywood image of the US, LA and NYC, living like the shows.

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Jul 20 '24

No, they left because the bar/restaurant jobs were dying out because the economy was doing poorly

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u/UnlikelyHero727 Jul 20 '24

And I am saying that someone is lying, I am an EU citizen and no one with a rational thought in their head would do that.

Life for a low-income person is better in the EU, for example, no one in Germany works two full-time jobs to get by.

Being an illegal in the US must be horrific, it only makes sense for people coming from really bad countries.

I was shocked when I saw a woman throwing a Latvian passport in a 60min video, but again I am 100% sure she is not coming for a better job but either a lover, family, or the Hollywood dream of the USA.