Thomas Sowell Ping!
Good stuff, but the fact remains that the polls that count are the ones open on election day...a la Herndon, VA.
Posted on 05/10/2006 10:23:52 PM PDT by Zero Sum
Maybe some recent polls will put some backbone into Senate Republicans. But don't bet the rent money on it.
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I cannot think of a time when he has been wrong.
Separate border control legislation would force the Democrats to stand up and be counted on this issue, without the political cover of a package deal. Some of the more weak-kneed Republicans also want this political cover but taking away the package deal would do far more damage to the Democrats.
Legislation dealing solely -- and seriously -- with border control might be difficult for some Congressional Republicans to vote for but it would be a political nightmare for the Democrats in Congress. And a bill takes just 51 votes to pass in the Senate.
He makes an interesting point here, and I wonder if they've considered this.
Good stuff, but the fact remains that the polls that count are the ones open on election day...a la Herndon, VA.
You're right, this is an EXCELLENT article!
I've grown to expect no less from him.
The Hispanic voters thing is the GOP cover story, as they can hardly brag about doing the bidding of the cheap labor business interests.
The reason they don't consider this, is the Mexicans are considered Americans, our leaders (and I say that while tasting bile in my throat) consider anyone that resides in N America to be an American. We are just the US region of Norte. They want free travel from the northernmost parts of Canada, to the South of Mexico. The agreements are already in place, with our Presidente agreeing with the President of Mexico in principal last year. If you want to look it up, I could find the documentation for it from FR archives.
Except I don't believe the rats can solidify their base behind amnesty for illegals. Lots of democrats are against amnesty.
You're right about that. Even the most "Draconian" laws are useless if the Executive refuses to enforce them.
The only real solution to the border problem is to change Mexico so that it is not the basket case that it is. And that's going to take more than moving large manufacturing plants across the border - it's going to take opening up the Mexican economy to local entrepeneurship. Which means protection of property rights and the rule of law. For everyone in Mexico, not just the politically connected.
And that's going to take a bottom-up revolution. A large and confident middle class that simply insists upon change. And Mexico has such a middle class. Unfortunately, it lives in the US. Many of them would be open to living in Mexico, or retiring to Mexico, except that Mexican laws regarding immigration and foreign ownership are even tougher than those of the US. Mexicans who manage to become US citizens, and who thrive here, don't go back in numbers sufficient to change things as dramatically as we'd like them to change.
What we need to do is to make legal immigration easier. Let those who want to come here, work hard, pay taxes, and try to build a better life for themselves and their families, do so.
And we need to use the leverage of easing legal immigration to force Mexico to do the same. Make it easier for US citizens to reside in, own property in, and even become citizens of Mexico.
And as far as the coyotes go who traffic in these illegals, and the companies that hire them, they needed to be dealt with in the same way we're asking the Eastern European nations to deal with those who peddle human flesh over there. It's slavery, pure and simple.
Rest assured they did... right before they discarded it for cover.
Brilliant. Yet, so simple.
The problem is, they may do just the opposite. If the Republicans continue to be weak on border security, an opportunist like Hillary, realizing the public opinion, might just take a stronger position than her opponent (she has already hinted at this).
Great post!
That's exactly why the Mexican government encourages mass emigration: to prevent such a revolution from happening.
Thank you, sir. You can never go wrong with a piece by Thomas Sowell!
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