There is a lot of this going on post-Katrina. And with Central and South American workers, too. I don’t know how this has escaped mainstream media, but Britney Spears’ travails have not. Unfortunately, the only mainstream coverage of this stuff that I’ve seen chooses to highlight ethnic animosity between black residents and the immigrant workers - there is little mention (if any) of who is employing these workers, their conditions, and how the taxpayers are being ripped off in the process.

Then again, our government and its contracted corporations are doing the same thing in Iraq - the Iraqi people are suffering high rates of unemployment while foreigners are “rebuilding” their country for them. Maybe if everyone in Iraq who wanted one had a job, they wouldn’t be interested in suicide bombings.

Okay, now I’ve gone off on a rant. Sorry. I need some pasta or something.