In other words, amnesty
May 13th 2006RavenBorder Security & Politics & Raven
Ahh someone tells it like it IS.
As to immigration, Mehlman just regurgitated the Bush party line: Americans, he said, “overwhelmingly” want a mechanism that will permit the 11 million illegal aliens who are already here to stay here and “do the jobs Americans won’t do.” In other words, amnesty. More bullhooey and, in this case, outright lies. Every reputable poll that asks if we should expel illegal aliens finds large majorities of Americans who say yes, we should. His further characterization of these 11 million illegal aliens as a “market problem” (more demand for low-wage labor than supply) betrays a basic ignorance of the market mechanism itself. The market doesn’t guarantee low wage labor. It guarantees that wages will rise until sufficient labor is attracted into the market. Further, the contention that these are jobs that Americans won’t do has been demonstrated all over the blogosphere to be more hogwash. And Mehlman knows it. The forces driving Bush are two-fold: a political goal of garnering the illegal alien vote, and a payoff to the corporate America that finances the Republican party - and his campaigns.
I wonder what President Bush will have to say Monday night. I’ve read reports about the Pentagon sending troops to the border…Is this being done to appease those of us who are mighty upset about this issue??
