I think you're actually the one who is clueless about markets; it looks to me as if your anarchist ideas about borders are part of what will lead us to totalitarianism here in America; and finally you seem to be just an apologist for a temporary position the Republican party is taking out of convenience this week to get a few million extra votes on no principle whatsoever than to win the election.
Good for you!
How so?
and finally you seem to be just an apologist for a temporary position the Republican party is taking out of convenience this week to get a few million extra votes on no principle whatsoever than to win the election.
They are actually doing it for several reasons: 1) The net benefits to our economy of the illegal immigration from Mexico have been very positive (so they push to make it easier for Mexicans to come and go freely), 2) Small business owners in numerous industries are desperate for more minimum-wage level workers and they have large influence in the GOP (much moreso than the Hispanic lobbies do), and 3) the Hispanic population as a percentage of the US is growing, whether you like it or not. Texas hasn't been as conservative and GOP as it is now in over a century. And Hispanics have never been a larger percentage of Texas (32%, just like California) since we were a part of Mexico. How do you reconcile this?
As far as your legal/illegal thing goes, let me put it this way. If a government somewhere or at some level in the US decides that jaywalking in a certain area will be illegal, then I agree, that government has a right to prosecute jaywalkers. But if the federal government decides to pass a law that not only will jaywalking be illegal nation-wide, but that they are creating a massive Department of War on Jaywalkers that will employ thousands of federal workers to hunt down, arrest, prosecute, gun down (if "necessary"), imprison, ajudicate, and/or deport all jaywalkers, then I would absolutely oppose such a ridiculously stupid law. Wouldn't you?