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Way too many Republicans are in office because they’re actually champions of the various local and state chamber of commerces.

When their COC tells them jump they only ask “How high?”

That is why so many Republicans are not for amnesty, because making illegals legal means COC members have to pay a real wage, but the COC’s order to the GOPe is to do nothing and don’t do any legislation that would seriously stop illegal entries, but not give them total amnesty.

Meanwhile, the democrats just want the votes. They’re all in favor of giving a blanket amnesty because they know any new (ignorant) citizens will vote democrat. Now however, the democrats have figured out that they can “harvest” ballots from even illegals through signing them up with motor voter laws.

There have always been some smart Republicans who realize that illegal aliens, if given citizenship, will vote democrat, and that will be the end of their party. There are even some COC members, but only a small fraction of them, who realize that giving the democrats control of the government would mean massive tax and regulation increases, which will not only hurt the bottom line like amnesty, but perhaps ruin them completely.

I think those of us who have any input into their local chamber of commerce should speak to this issue. Specifically, that illegals are being allowed to vote, and they vote democrat. If, as members, they push to not to enforce border security and illegal entry because having Mexican workers is good for their bottom line, then what happens when they elect enough democrats across the government?

Do they really think the current socialist mindset of todays democrats will be good for their business? Better to take the small hit of no illegals to work for you than face the destruction of your business under the massive tax and regulate policies that dominate socialist policy.

We have a fairly strong Rec here in the keys
Republican executive committee
and we’ve been quite successful in getting many Republicans elected
We have different issues for us down here such as water quality and algae build-ups in the other issues we’re going under a build out right now and four years no more building in certain areas of the keys.

Way too many Republicans are in office because they’re actually champions of the various local and state chamber of commerces...When their COC tells them jump they only ask “How high?”

Well, that used to be a good thing, when the COC only wanted less regulation, inexpensive insurance and lower taxes, things that were good for small business and hence "the people"....just the opposite of the RAT agenda.

Do they really think the current socialist mindset of todays democrats will be good for their business?

Unfortunately, especially in RAT states, the COCs are all over getting as much "corporate welfare" as possible...and I don't mean tax breaks.

(sounds Nazi to me)

That is why so many Republicans are not for amnesty, because making illegals legal means COC members have to pay a real wage, but the COC’s order to the GOPe is to do nothing and don’t do any legislation that would seriously stop illegal entries, but not give them total amnesty.

The CoC supports a blanket amnesty for all 12 to 22 million illegal aliens in this country and continued high legal immigration levels. A surplus of cheap labor, legal and illegal, drives down wages. If there was really a surplus of labor, wages would be going up, not stagnating or decreasing in inflation adjusted dollars since 1969. We continue to have low labor participation rates despite the reduction in unemployment rates and increased job creation. We have around 95 million working age Americans out of the workforce. BLS data:

Labor Participation rates 1980 thru 2018

I define amnesty as allowing the illegal aliens to stay and work here, the object of their crime. A path to citizenship is just the cherry on top.

If we don't curb legal immigration significantly, the result will be the same, i.e., the Dems will be the permanent majority party. There is too much focus on illegal immigration. The far bigger problem is legal immigration.

There have always been some smart Republicans who realize that illegal aliens, if given citizenship, will vote democrat, and that will be the end of their party. There are even some COC members, but only a small fraction of them, who realize that giving the democrats control of the government would mean massive tax and regulation increases, which will not only hurt the bottom line like amnesty, but perhaps ruin them completely.

Even most of the "smart Republicans" fail to understand that bringing in 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants a year (35 million since 1990) will be the end of their party, at least as currently constituted. We have just had three of the four highest decades of legal immigration in our history. And by 2023 the percentage of foreign born will be the highest in our history. Immigrants and their US born children drive 80% of our population growth.

Way too many Republicans are in office because they’re actually champions of the various local and state chamber of commerces. When their COC tells them jump they only ask “How high?”

In Texas we lost TWO GOPes, One in Houston, my very own Johnny "Cannot spend enough of the Taxpayers Money" Culberson, and a RINO is the Dallas area. RodGuy lost his RINO Cuban, and the Clinton's Dona Irish Shellela was defeated.

So all in all I looking forward to the Texas primaries in Eighteen Month.

In the meantime Trump needs to hold more Public meetings with the Commies running the U.S. House as this is great entertainment value