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Victor Davis Hanson: A Quick Fix — Do Your Own Dishes
Jewish World Review ^
| May 16, 2005
| Victor Davis Hanson
Posted on 05/16/2005 6:44:31 AM PDT by Tolik
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To: DumpsterDiver
Mexico has also no meaningful private property rights.Syntax? Sentence structure?
Mexico has also no meaningful private property rights.
To: cripplecreek
I'm not talking about McDonalds. Those jobs have always been low paying jobs perfect for teenagers the same as farm work.Unskilled jobs like that also provided part-time second jobs for people going through rough times, people working their way through college, etc.
To: DumpsterDiver
I would add retirees to that list. My dad retired a couple of years ago and recently took a part time job at Wal Mart. It only pays a little over minimum wage but he isn't doing it for the money.
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posted on
05/16/2005 8:47:44 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: Tolik
"The proposed program also lacks enforcement provisions to deal with the millions of aliens who will not participate in the program but still try to cross the border."
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"They'd also need to accept a legitimate, foolproof national identity card, and grant a one-time amnesty..."
This contradiction lies at the heart of the matter of why this issue still exists.
I agree that we need to work together on this issue and all sides need to make some concessions.
But there are some bottom-line rules we must address that this article glosses over. We must stop the flow of illegals over the border. We must do something with those that are already here (another amnesty will only serve as another light at the end of the illegal tunnel and encourage another wave of illegals seeking that same light). We must control the flow of legal immigrants to ensure that they assimilate.
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posted on
05/16/2005 8:53:20 AM PDT
by
Ghost of Philip Marlowe
(Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
Comment #25 Removed by Moderator
To: Tanniker Smith
I look at my apartment and it's a frickin nightmare and I'm so tempted to go to the office and get a reference and hire a muchachita (made-up word) to come in and clean for me so I can get out from under the mess and get the rest of the apartment unpacked. But so far I've resisted because I know it's wrong. But I may give in because if I go through an agency I'll pay twice as much for some gum-crackin, chain-smokin, long fingernailed, bee-hive wearin', jive-talkin person who ain't gonn do one more thing than absolutely necessary, and a half-assed job at that.
Or maybe I'll just go on trying to get ahead of the mess. And failing.
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:08:26 AM PDT
by
johnb838
(Technology will never change human nature.)
To: Tanniker Smith
I look at my apartment and it's a frickin nightmare and I'm so tempted to go to the office and get a reference and hire a muchachita (made-up word) to come in and clean for me so I can get out from under the mess and get the rest of the apartment unpacked. But so far I've resisted because I know it's wrong. But I may give in because if I go through an agency I'll pay twice as much for some gum-crackin, chain-smokin, long fingernailed, bee-hive wearin', jive-talkin person who ain't gonn do one more thing than absolutely necessary, and a half-assed job at that.
Or maybe I'll just go on trying to get ahead of the mess. And failing.
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:08:29 AM PDT
by
johnb838
(Technology will never change human nature.)
To: Tolik
Yes to all but the "one time amnesty". There have been too many times already for it to be "one". There have been too many openly flouting the law without graditude or respect to consider an amnesty. Enforce the damn law.
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:09:49 AM PDT
by
JasonC
To: CatoRenasci
Or maybe people are just working too many hours and don't want to spend the rest of the time scrubbing the toilet. Maybe they instinctively understand that by the concept of comparative advantage they are better off working an extra hour and then hiring somebody to work two or three hours to clean the house.
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:11:19 AM PDT
by
johnb838
(Technology will never change human nature.)
To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
The proposed program also lacks enforcement provisions to deal with the millions of aliens who will not participate in the program but still try to cross the border.I'd like to know what, if anything, will happen with the millions of aliens who will not participate in the program and are already on this side of the border. I have yet to see a politician address that one.
We must stop the flow of illegals over the border. We must do something with those that are already here (another amnesty will only serve as another light at the end of the illegal tunnel and encourage another wave of illegals seeking that same light).
Agreed.
And I'd love to hear more people addressing what Hanson said in this paragraph of the article:
Let us also accept that there is something morally wrong in inviting thousands of youths from central Mexico without legality, English or education to work cheaply in permanently unskilled jobs until they age and tire, only to be cast by employers onto the near bankrupt entitlement industry, while we invite a new cohort of healthier and younger workers in to replace them.
To: Valin
We DO have a problem on our northern border itjust gets no play. Mexico doesn't want those angry young men because if it had them it could very well have a revolt on its hands. Better for them by far if WE SHOULD HAVE A REVOLT ON OUR HANDS INSTEAD!
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:13:11 AM PDT
by
johnb838
(Technology will never change human nature.)
To: JasonC
Unless that damn border is shut, none of the above is going to do any good. Shut the border, round these people up and brand them (figuratively), send back the ones we can't handle, and then MAYBE we can let some of them stat IF we have good solid control of that DAMN BORDER.
How much does bob wire cost anyway?
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:16:38 AM PDT
by
johnb838
(Technology will never change human nature.)
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 4.1O dana super trac pak; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...
To: johnb838
There is no practical problem. It is purely a political and moral problem. Our leaders lack the courage to enforce existing law, because they think it harsh. Others don't want it enforced, because they benefit from its violation. If we decide to actually enforce the law, there is no difficulty, though there is certainly expense and hardship involved. We haven't decided to actually enforce the law.
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:23:46 AM PDT
by
JasonC
To: jpsb
If the GOP will not enforce the laws throw them out of office.Yeah, because the Dems will enforce the law? You're still a funny guy.
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:24:40 AM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(If you agree with Karl Marx, the AFL-CIO and E.P.I. please stop calling yourself a conservative!!)
To: Valin
These conservatives should then expect to pay more for unskilled labor Yes.
and see it organized and unionized.
NO!!!
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:26:42 AM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(If you agree with Karl Marx, the AFL-CIO and E.P.I. please stop calling yourself a conservative!!)
To: Tolik
As usual, VDH nails it. I don't think I have anything to add.
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posted on
05/16/2005 9:34:05 AM PDT
by
AZ_Cowboy
("Be ever vigilant, for you know not when the master is coming")
Comment #38 Removed by Moderator
To: The100thMonkey
Doesn't sound like compassionate conservatism to me.I'd say it defines it quite nicely. :)
To: Tolik
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