I like Rush --- I don't hold it against him he had a drug problem and I wish him luck getting control over it. But he may say we need even more massive immigration --- but he's never explained why or with NAFTA, free trade and massive job loss what all the millions or billions of poor uneducated people coming over the border are going to do for work and who is going to have to support them. As it is now 40% of the hispanic immigrants are landing up on welfare programs. We already had a large welfare class --- so why bring in millions more to get on it?
Sorry are you talking about America? It is true that since the recession about 3 million jobs have been lost, but the economy is getting better and jobs will return. It has been an extremely mild recession with unemployment barely rising above 6%. As far as NAFTA being the cause of today's woes I might point out that since NAFTA was signed U.S. employment grew over 20 million between 1993 and 2000. but that would be a waste of time to point this out since I see you have already posted to
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1028661/posts .
Yet you continue to spout distortions and unsupportable tripe. What would be the point in responding to your questions when I can see you have already ignored the answers before.
40% of hispanic immigrants are landing up on welfare programs? Bull Squat. America needs more workers. We are now below 6% unemployment and the economy is ripping and businesses are hiring. Businesses can hire an uneducated mexican worker who dreams of a job and an American public high school educated worker who can't read or write and feels he is owed a job. At least the Mexican was willing to work to get over the border and fight for the job. We've danced around the welfare issue before Fitz. I contend that illegal immigrants make up a very tiny fraction of the Federal and State dole, but they make an attractive scapegoat for "the losers of life's lottery," who are sucking up unemployment, WIC, food stamps, student loans and grants, and disability all while racking up huge credit card debt and declaring bankruptcy. Illegal immigrants don't get on these programs because the fear getting caught and being sent back to Mexico.