[I got the rope]

Bump.

[DoughtyOne]

Good thoughts. Thanks for the post.

[Jaysun]

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

[SUSSA]

The illegal aliens and the criminals who hire them and the criminals who harbor them are getting out in the street making their desires known. It is way past time those of us who support the rule of law and secure borders did the same.

Join Veterans for Secure Borders, The Minuteman Project, Latino Americans for Immigration Reform, Mothers Against Illegal Aliens, and other groups protesting amnesty for these criminals, and demanding the government protect our borders.

http://www.areckoning.com/

FReepers should be at this rally in strength. Saturday, May 6, in Crawford, TX.

[beaversmom]

Do American citizens go around carrying documents with them when they work or apply for work? Most Americans are undocumented workers but they are not illegal immigrants. There is a difference.

The Bush administration is pushing a program to legalize "guest workers." But what is a guest? Someone you have invited. People who force their way into your home without your permission are called gate crashers.

Funny/sad stuff Mr. Sowell. Bush should call his immigration reform the Gate Crasher program. I like it.

[brytlea]

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

[jazusamo]

Thanks, good post as always is Dr. Sowell. I'm afraid we're only going to get word play again out of our politicians as he alluded to in the past.

[Peter Libra]

The mark of a scholar. Well written, well thought out.

The quiet voice of reason.

[thoughtomator]

Perhaps this will give you another persepective to consider.

[sageb1]

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.)

[reluctantwarrior]

Today Rush called Mexico an ally......

Does an ally send 500,000 criminals to your country every year?

Does an ally use the money sent back by those 500,000 to cover up its economic faliures?

Does an ally openly encourage more and more of its criminals to violate its allies laws?

Does an ally fail to extradite murderers back to the US?

Does an ally.....you get the point. When we started saying things like there are to many of them I gues theres nothing we can do we have already surrendered any soverignty we had.

Its time to send them all back or burn the constitution. It is all or nothing.

[TheLion]

Frist seems to be the only only one with some sense in DC recently....close the border and then we can deal with the illegals allready here.

I lived a Guantanamo Bay, Cuba years ago as a Naval Dependent. The Cubans came in busses every day to work on the base and then they went home. We had control of the border!

[WatchingInAmazement]

Thanks for posting Dr. Sowell!

[savagesusie]

Thanks for posting Sowell's article. He is always great. The fact is that most people in the US want immigration laws enforced and illegals deported.

It is the media that covers up that fact and makes it appear that it is racist to want the laws of our country obeyed.

Also, the politicians are listening to the criminals, rather than the taxpaying citizens. It is a joke--we now have representation for the non-tax-paying illegals.

[goldstategop]

Nothing will get done. Our politicians are afraid of offending Hispanic voters and of their big business contributions getting cut off. So we'll have more gate crashers entering our national house uninvited. The ugly truth is we have no intention of enforcing our immigration laws. There are just too many toes serious enforcement would step upon.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[jeremiah]

My favorite part is Michael Medveds argument, "they own houses, and pay taxes" how can you tell them to leave?

If they own a house, they commited fraud, if they are paying taxes, they are commiting perjury.....both FELONIES.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

"How often have we heard that illegal immigrants "take jobs that Americans will not do"? What is missing in this argument is what is crucial in any economic argument: price.

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."

I thought this today (having read Sowell's Basic Economics and Applied Economics). If we deported every illegal, whatever work they were doing would suddenly have a huge shortage of workers. Because of supply and demand, the rate of pay to do those jobs would go up -- up closer to what Americans need for their standard of living.

[wardaddy]

BTTT

Sowell doesn't have to worry about being called racist

not that he would care

[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.

[dennisw]

Rational and right on from Thomas Sowell!