Thomas Sowell: Guests or Gate Crashers?

Creator's Syndicate ^ | March 28, 2006 | Dr. Thomas Sowell

[Hardastarboard]

he's got to be just about the smartest man ever born.....

True, and absolutely unrecognized by the MSM or much of anyone outside conservative media circles because he's a black conservative.

[metesky]

People who force their way into your home without your permission are called gate crashers.

No, they are called home invaders and it is legal in most states to shoot the SOBs.

[IrishRainy]

So..what makes you think they will register just because they are supposed to?

Especially since we've admitted that we can't control this problem...heck, we can't even send them back because we can't FIND most of them!

Funny, I seem to remember Reagan in 1986 or so when we did the amnesty program saying this would be a one-time thing, it was their only chance, yada yada yada.

Just like Social Security -- ignoring the problem will NOT make it go away!

[dennisw]

Rational and right on from Thomas Sowell!

[LowCountryJoe]

I'm sure that this will be a first for you then. As I recall, you lean the way of protectionist, correct?
Inspired by post #37 from Ghost of Philip Marlowe.

[jimfree]

I have a question for fans of Sowell. One of my twin daughters is majoring in economics. She loves it! I'd like to get her a Thomas Sowell book. Does anyone here have a favorite? (I haven't read any of his books - just his opinion pieces.)

Conflict of Visions

[EternalVigilance]

The President's proposal would solve the problem of illegal immigration by legalizing it after the fact.

The money sentence.

The sentence to understand if you want to understand the deceptive reality of the administration's agenda and rhetoric.

[Semper Paratus]

Do American citizens go around carrying documents with them when they work or apply for work?

Yes. I had to provide two of either Birth Certificate, Passport, SS card, Drivers License or DD 242 for the last 20 projects I was hired for.

[ed1340]

"Guest status will require them to register so we can then keep tract of them."

Now that we have 11 million who have come here illegally and failed to pay income taxes (a crime for the rest of us), what makes you think they will "register" so that we can "keep tract(sic) of them" so they will have to pay the income taxes like the rest of us?

[LowCountryJoe]

What is a DD-242?

[teldon30]

Americans will not take many jobs at their current pay levels -- and those pay levels will not rise so long as poverty-stricken immigrants are willing to take those jobs.

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shout from the rooftops!

[teldon30]

None of the rhetoric and sophistry that we hear about immigration deals with the plain and ugly reality: Politicians are afraid of losing the Hispanic vote and businesses want cheap labor.

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All you need to know......period

[ExSES]

I always love reading Thomas Sowell's writings. I can't recall ever disagreeing with him.

I agree! Unlike many writers, he is also a very engaging speaker and I try to view whatever program he appears on. Too bad I never had a professor like him!!!

[LowCountryJoe]

Americans will not take many jobs at their current pay levels -- and those pay levels will not rise so long as poverty-stricken immigrants are willing to take those jobs.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- shout from the rooftops!

If you listen to the echo, it sounds like, "inflationary, with intermediate-term disruptions and even more purchases of foreign goods"

[Semper Paratus]

What is a DD-242?

It is one of the accepted forms for verifying eligibility to work, seperation from active duty from the US Armed forces.

[teldon30]

you're right...might cause inflation...let's just have bus services then and just forget about a border....that's cool.

[ballplayer]

I have to have my social security number when i apply for a job

[LowCountryJoe]

Oh. I thought it was something different - a document that was peculiar only to the Coast Guard since they're the Department of Transportation; which leads me to ask why they get a DD (Department of Defense documents). I believe what you're referring to is the DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty). or is there really a DD-242 as well?

[TankerKC]

I'm torn on this. I am truly sympathetic to the plight of these folks. I also think that there is a place for them in this country. Most of them just want to work.

I DON’T want to be allied with those that cringe ever time they see a Hispanic. I DON’T want to spend my time searching the news for crimes committed by Hispanics and whining about each one (like a handful of Freepers).

But we have to insist that people come into this country legally. I would think that those that are here legally would want the illegals out of here…they cast a shadow over all Hispanics.

So, we need to send folks back and secure our border. Then we can talk about letting folks in legally and letting them work.

[LowCountryJoe]

you're right...might cause inflation...let's just have bus services then and just forget about a border....that's cool.

I'm not advocating that nonsense but just offering a friendly reminder that we better not whine when we see the real economic consequences to such actions.