Posted on 05/23/2006 8:25:20 AM PDT by Gordongekko909
That is a lie. Exactly what period was this? What did the immigration laws in place actually say? Our nation has never embraced the kind of open borders policy for anyone and everyone throughout the world who wanted to come here. All sorts of restrictions have applied depending on the number of individuals and the country of origin. They didn't allow the same kind of mass scale immigration out of Asia that they allowed out of Europe during the time of Ellis Island for example. This pragmatic approach has its basis in the philosophy of our Founding Fathers. Even they realized that immigration needs to be undertaken with practical approach based on a combination of economic, social, and cultural factors that produces an ideal process of assimilation. They understood that balkanization was a very real danger and had to be avoided at all costs.
Employers are always crying for more workers. But they are simply looking for foreign born workers that simply do the same job for less money than their native born counterparts. This has served to displace our own qualified native born workforce.
Also, many of the industries would be far better off mechanizing/automating their approach to production rather than simply opening the floodgates and allowing more cheap labor to flood the workforce. Agriculture is a case in point. Aggribusinesses have always screamed that they need more and more migrants. But even now with all the migrant workers many of our growers have discovered that there are foreign countries that can produce the same produce for less money, -even with tariffs imposed on their exports to the U.S.. Brazil can sell oranges just as cheaply as our Florida growers can, and that is with a 20 % tariff slapped on their product. Florida growers now realize that their only recourse is to fully mechanize their approach to farming if they want to "remain in the game". We should have been forcing our agriculture industry to mechanize all along rather than allowing them to become complacent and rely on illegals to do everything.
Also, the issue of "economics" works both ways withregards ot immigration. With 6 billion plus people living on this planet and over 60 % of them living at are below the poverty line there will always be an economic impetus for individuals to try and migrate to this country even if it means doing it illegally and working for a lower wage than what an employer is paying his current employees.
Another casualty in the diminution of the separation of powers.
As the judiciary increasingly steals executive and legislative control, ironically, it is the Senate that becomes insulated from accountability to the people.
No matter how far the Senators move away from the will of the people on immigration reform, we put up with their antics now simply on the hope they will confirm us good rulers in robes.
That strikes a blow to the sovereignty of the people, and our ability to clean house on election day.
Always! :-)
Thank you! :-)
Absolutely.
Perhaps this is an academic point, but the Senate should have some measure of insulation from the people; its members ought to be accountable to the state legislatures, not directly to the people of the state.
The failure of the 17th amendment to provide this insulation has resulted in, I'm convinced, the ever-expanding power of the federal government beyond the scope allowed by the Constitution at the expense of powers reserved for state governments.
Not that the 17th amendment is going anywhere anytime soon.
Danged shame.
The failure of the 17th amendment to provide this insulation has resulted in, I'm convinced, the ever-expanding power of the federal government beyond the scope allowed by the Constitution at the expense of powers reserved for state governments.
Great points. Right on the mark.
The Seventeenth Amendment was a damaging blow to federalism, there can be no doubt.
But as it stands today, Senators are glorified representatives, and we shouldn't compelled to keep them in office simply to appoint "good" judges/tyrants.
Abolishing the 17th Amendment would be one step in the right direction. Our constitutional system is out of kilter, and operates far from its design.
That's true of "We, the People," too, isn't it? :(
To: MNJohnnie Kiss my a$$ bushbot 51 posted on 05/23/2006 9:48:03 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
There is more going on planet earth than you myopic self center rant!
This has nothing to do with country club republicans, Bush had this on his platform when ya all voted for him!
Some of you are like spoil children if you don't get your own way a 100% you start acting like bullies!
This behavior is repugnant
you know Jim Robinson is a Bushbot!
Bots are real screamers aren't they? It's amazing that even defending liberalism makes one argue with the same tactics of socialists themselves. They are smug, nasty, and self righteous. It's like having our own socialist nest right here at FR.
And who else but socialists would be in favor of 20 to 200 million new Democrat voters?
Something else; Tom Sowell is one of the finest minds of the 20-21st centuries. As a strong CONSERVATIVE, and having read 5 of his books, I must tell you I have yet to disagree with him on any substantive issue.
Exactly!
Please explain?
Was not this on Bush platform when he ran for office did he not try to fill as many things as he said he would?
Some how graditude seem to have a life of a 24 Glow worm, because tomorrow it starts all over what are you going to do for me today?
We're going to nuke Mexico... awesome! ;)
(Sorry for quoting you so out of context, but that's the first thing that popped to mind with the phrase "nuclear Option".)
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