An Argument for the Immigration Bill

I think one thing you're not accounting for is that a significant portion of our able-bodied work force is currently on welfare (several million families). Additionally, I won't support a guest worker program until I see socioeconomic employment levels even out. 4.5% unemployment nationally is great, but there are areas where certain race or class employment levels are around 50% (young black men in Michigan, for example).

The idea that we "need" these workers is ridiculous. In this economy labor is a commodity; unfortunately, illegals break up this commodity by entering with unfair advantages, much the same way government subsidies inflict damage on traditional markets.

At any rate, the problem is irrelevant. Under the current system, no illegals are ever going home. The only way to get them to go home is to really crack down on businesses that hire illegals, require proof of citizenship to enroll in public schools, and deny non-emergency medical care to non-citizens. If there's no work, school, or healthcare for them here, they will leave. But the liberals and elitists in this country won't let that happen.

K2
logosphilia.blogspot.com

You still have your head in the world of a decade ago. Welfare roles have dropped by some 70% since their peak in the 1990's. The majority of people left on welfare are native born caucasian and not of any minority status. The largest success story has been the black population which has made huge moves into middle class suburbia over the past generation.

The poorest have made huge gains since the 1970's and 1980's.

I believe my math is correct. To eject these people would put our economy into turmoil. While it is *possible* that a high tech web developer in California *might* want to take a job picking oranges in Florida or roofing homes in Arizona, I find it unlikely.

Sadly, your comment is a typical example of people who have their economic beliefs rooted in the economy of the 1980's and 1990's when these attitudes were formed.

In the next 20 years we are going to lose 33% of our workforce to retirement. The generation coming into the pipeline is smaller. We will be faced with either having to shrink the economy and double payroll taxes or find immigrant workers to keep payroll taxes revenues high enough to pay the retirees.

I think your column on the immigration bill is excellent -- steve




Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with troops at Ft. Wainwright


Dear Californian:

On June 21 (Thursday) I sent the following e-mail to a noted conservative author regarding as column he'd written about what seems to many "the inevitability of President Hillary Clinton." I urge you to read it and take the action I suggest.

Dear Dan:

A growing number of bloggers have been working hard to build up support for conservative Gov. Sarah Palin (Alaska) for the vice-presidential slot on the Republican ticket. Dan, I noticed you had a column in TH today that said the Republicans needed to nominate a "good candidate" like Fred Thompson to beat Hillary.

Dan, with all due respect, Fred Thompson (age 65 now), running with another older white guy (and I'm an older white guy) on a traditionally "balanced ticket" is NOT going to defeat Hillary Clinton. For all his strengths as an individual, Fred is not the kind of dynamic, high-energy candidate that, on his own, can defeat a ticket headed by Mrs. Clinton.

We might wish that were not true, but "if wishes were horses, beggars would ride." Even Rush Limbaugh has admitted that it's very likely that, given the current crop of Republican candidates, the next President will be Mrs. Clinton.

Clearly, we need to take decisive actions to change the dynamics of this campaign, and the best way to do that is by focusing on the vice-presidential slot.

I've spent many hours working to sign up bloggers and other supporters for Sarah. Take a look at the material on my blog (http://camp2008victoryA.townhall.com) about Sarah -- and check out what some of the other Bloggers 4 Palin (links on my site) have said about her.

My point: Running a conventional campaign with conventional candidates isn't a winning strategy. A Fred Thompson-Sarah Palin ticket would have a chance and so, I believe, would other tickets including Sarah.

Many surveys of recent elections show the Republicans have problems with women voters, especially those working as teachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, and journalists. Since 2004, we've also had trouble with younger voters -- and, in 2006, even with evangelical Christians.

Sarah is a professional (journanlist), a dedicated Christian, a lifetime member of the NRA, a wife and a mother of four. She can reach out to several groups where we desperately need support. She's a charismatic figure who, in the last election, defeated the best-known Republican in the state (Frank Murkowski) and then polished off the best-known Democrat (Tony Knowles). She's very feminine in appearance, but she's a tough cookie (as Murkowski and Knowles discovered).

Sarah is the person who should be the first female vice-president. After that, about 2012 or 2016, she could be the first female President. If that scenario doesn't hold, then the nation's initial female President will be Hillary Clinton.

We Republicans have NO other female alternative than Sarah, whose approval rating in Alaska has been 80%-plus.

To reiterate, we need to take a different approach in this election. If we don't, then we had better get used to eight years of President Hillary Clinton. The choice is just that stark.

I hope you'll agree with me on the key points -- and that you'll join the Bloggers 4 Palin. Let me know your decision either by return e-mail or by leaving a comment on my site at http://camp2008victory.townhall.com. Thanks for your consideration.


steve maloney
ambridge, pa
national coordinator of "Draft Palin 4 VP"

P.S. I firmly believe the time to act is now -- and not when the "iceberg" (one of Mrs. Clinton's nicknames) looms right in front of us. Yes, our "ship" may go down, but only if we allow it to.

Nice to meet you from sweetness-light. I posted a reply to your comment which I hope is useful:

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/other-news-for-the-week- of-jun-21-jun-27