Yep. And that's pretty much what I wrote in post #1 (and post #2, come to think of it.)
I sat with a recently retired CFO of a major US construction company a few weeks ago. He supported the Chamber of Commerce line. His argument was all about deportation. (He'd been CEO or CFO of a couple of decent sized service industry type corporations.)
What was he concerned about with deportation? He said, "If we actually started an immediate deportation program directed at every illegal, then the economy would collapse." He claimed they were in 11 million or so jobs in the economy.
That was his only argument. He was fine with deporting over a 10 year period so it wouldn't all come crashing down at once. I said, "We have enough unemployed to cover it."
He groaned. "Most of those won't actually work if you did hire them. Just throwing your money away."
I have no way of knowing if his response is typical. He's the only retired CFO/CEO that I know.
“What was he concerned about with deportation? He said, “If we actually started an immediate deportation program directed at every illegal, then the economy would collapse.” He claimed they were in 11 million or so jobs in the economy.”
Which proves that once one gets into the elitist circles that most executives travel, ends in a huge disconnect from logic. We have the lowest work force in 30 plus years, well over 11 million unemployed. He was simply espousing a “this government policy is good for my company, so let’s keep doing it” CEO speak.
I see the same in the upper level corpororate officials in my company. Many of whom are so disconnected that they don’t even have a concept of how inflation creates an increase in the cost of goods we have to purchase.....
When it comes to real life, corporate officers are morons.