I just do not get that. What possible point was there to ever back high skilled foreign workers rotating in and out of here, when parents of graduating kids with the same skill set were left to serve drinks and beef stew at Ruth Crist Steakhouse.
because the foreign workers work for a much lower wage
...when parents of graduating kids with the same skill set were left to serve drinks and beef stew at Ruth Crist Steakhouse.They should have instead applied to Ruth's Chris. There are quite a few more of those than Ruth Crist, and they pay better.
First, I direct your attention to the word “seemingly” in the article. This use of the passive adverb did not pass muster in a fifth grade English composition assignment when I was young.
Seemingly admitting he was previously wrong? I suppose any time someone changes a position or a behavior, a sloppy logician can make such a statement.
If I I choose one route when driving to work for ten years, and then switch to another route, am I seemingly admitting I was previously wrong?
Perhaps, to the easily persuaded and to those who have no reason to respect my navigation skills. But there are plenty of other possible explanations to explain such a change in my driving behavior, including changes to the old route that might impact speed, safety, comfort or aesthetics, similar but opposite changes to the new route, changes to my priorities, or even changes to the location of my home or my work.
The most likely reason for Puzder to change his position on cheap foriegn labor is the profound change in his job, his mission and his alliegence. Whereas he previously served at the pleasure of corporate stockholders, he now serves at the pleasure of the American people.
His least likely reason for changing his position is that he was wrong before, since he was NOT wrong before.
This is the exact same logical fallacy as has been attempted against Donald Trump himself: he supported crony capitalist policy positions and crony capitalist politicians in the past as a businessman which are “seemingly” at odds with the pro American worker positions he holds today as president elect.
Therefore he is either lying now or he was lying then, wrong now or wrong then. Which is it? Will the real Trump please stand up? We know this is a false dichotomy - he wasn’t wrong or lying then, he simply had different obligations as a businessman - to maximize shareholder profits.
It is the same for Puzder and for any prior businessmen. If he says he’ll fight on behalf of the American worker then I say give him a chance - if he fails - then fire him and fire Trump too.