[Tailgunner Joe]

If we didn't try to dictate to business owners how much they should pay their employees, then they wouldn't have to resort to employing illegals to get around the system.

The conservative wing of the party has always been opposed to placing regulations and restrictions on business.

[asmith92008]

Great argument. Since we also regulate their disposal of chemical waste, we also shouldn't cry foul when they dump a load in your backyard. And since a lot of regulatory enforcement depends on whistle blowers, we should turn a blind eye when they whack those rats.

Do you think that if the minimum wage did not exist, employers still wouldn't want to flood America with economic refugees in order to depress wages?

Alan Keyes put it very nicely when he warned that the Republicans are in danger of becoming the party of greed, just as the Democrats are the party of lust.