Thread: Does Bush believe in free market?

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Does Bush believe in free market?

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Posted: May 13, 2005
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Maybe I sound like a one-note Johnny beating to death this issue of illegal alien "cheap labor."

But, I believe, when President Bush tells us we need to keep our back door wide open because "there are some jobs Americans will not do," he is acknowledging a profound lack of faith in the free enterprise system and the law of supply and demand.

Putting aside for the moment all of the policies of the federal government designed to artificially inflate wages – such as minimum-wage laws, high taxes and wealth-transfer schemes – why are the wants and needs of agribusinesses for cheap labor any concern of the president of the United States?

I would like to be able to hire award-winning investigative journalists for minimum wage. I can't seem to do it. Should I petition Congress and the president to locate foreigners to come work for WND to meet my needs? Of course not.

It would be ludicrous to expect the government to concern itself with such a matter. It would indeed be un-American.

Legal costs are very expensive in this country. Would the president suggest the answer is importing foreign lawyers to bring the costs down?

Medical costs are high. Should we import foreign doctors to give the American MDs some competition?

No. I don't think any American would suggest such ideas – not even the president.

Yet, Bush has no problem victimizing Americans on the lowest rung of the economic ladder with additional foreign competition. Does this make sense to any one?

Jobs currently being done by millions of illegal aliens were once done almost exclusively by legal immigrants, adult Americans and teenagers getting their first work experience. What was wrong with that?

It seems to me the president not only shows a complete lack of interest in American homeland security by justifying illegal immigration and open borders with the phony need for cheap labor, he also demonstrates no understanding of basic economics.

If there are no workers to perform jobs at a minimal pay level, the wages will increase to attract those workers. This is called the law of supply and demand. It's not a theory. It's not a hypothesis. It's not guesswork. It's a natural law.

What would be wrong with paying higher wages for work considered unattractive to many Americans?

Isn't that the American way?

There are lots of dirty, hard jobs to be performed in America. Those jobs will all be filled when employers make them financially attractive enough to American workers by paying competitive wages.

In some cases, that might mean higher prices to American consumers. But so what? It seems to me that would be a small price to pay for maintaining the American culture, for lower crime rates and for increased national security.

Bush is the first president to acknowledge publicly his soft attitude toward illegal immigration is shaped, at least in part, by his belief – mistaken, I would suggest – that it's good for the American economy.


He's wrong about that, as I have argued before, because he is not factoring the negatives into the equation – billions leaving the U.S. economy for Mexico where that money represents the second biggest contribution to that nation's gross national product, the drain on U.S. taxpayer-supported entitlements, increased crime, higher law enforcement costs and the financial drains on the medical system and the schools.

And, of course, there is the issue that should always be foremost in the mind of a president of the United States – national security.

How are out-of-control illegal immigration and a wide-open border a bargain for America?

I just don't get it.

It seems to me the president not only shows a complete lack of interest in American homeland security by justifying illegal immigration and open borders with the phony need for cheap labor, he also demonstrates no understanding of basic economics.

Everyone on that side of the battle seems to like to talk about how we "need" the cheap labor. I guess we also "need" to be able to buy $29.00 VCR's at Walmart so they have to be made in China or Bangladesh, not here. I would be very interested to see an honest, impartial economic analysis on the impact of illegal immigrants on this country's economy. We know that billions are being sent back to Mexico and taken out of our economy. We know that illegal alien criminals cost at least $5 Billion a year to incarcerate. We know that the medical costs, social services costs and other illegal immigrant related expenses cost multiple billions.

Now suppose we didn't have all those costs driving up prices and taxes for the rest of us. Do you think maybe we could pay a couple of bucks more an hour to get hotel rooms cleaned, vegetables picked, or whatever? If a couple of bucks wouldn't do it, would it not be better to allow prices to rise so that the businesses which use illegal labor could afford to pay people enough to do these jobs? I would be thrilled to death to pay more for virtually everything if we got a rational immigration policy which was strictly enforced from border to border.

Illegal immigration as a source of cheap labor only makes sense if you are willing to sell the soul of our country so you can pay$3 less a night at the Holiday Inn, or 25 cents less for a Big Mac. It is a very simple matter of supply and demand. If there is enough demand to fill any given job, guess what, the employer offering that job will have to pay enough to get it done. And further guess what, he (and his competitors) will have to charge their customers enough to pay for that higher cost of labor. There is no job in this country that a legal American is unwilling to do if the pay is good enough, none. How do you think they get people to pump out septiic tanks or work in the sewers? They pay them well enough to entice them to do it.

The temporary inflation this would cause and even the economic slowdown that may follow, would be a small price to pay compared to the massive economic and social devastation being wrought by the invasion from Mexico.

Cheap labor? I think it was Ben Franklin who said something to the effect of "Don't be penny wise and pound foolish." That's the choice we have on the issue of illegal labor.

What you are not getting is:

BUSH is a GLOBALIST = SOCIALIST = COMMIE!!

I know it's hard to believe, but BELIEVE IT!!

He has been a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing....

He has done everything within his power to flood our nation with foreign agents of foreign governments.....

He has done everything within his power to ensure that our lives are at risk from dangerous illegal aliens to terrorists.....

He has done everything within his power to advance Open Borders to END the United States for his Globie Boys and Girls....

He's THEIR MAN, NOT OURS.

When, "I just don't get it" becomes a daily broken record....IT'S TIME TO GET SOMEONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WE GET!!

GET IT??

There are two traitors to the United States leading our NATION into disaster...they are BEANHEAD NUMBER ONE - Jorge Bush and BEANHEAD NUMBER TWO - Dickie Boy Cheney!!

It's time to Impeach these men and take our country BACK...as soon as possible before they cut any more deals that will take us decades to undo.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA!!!!!

WAKE UP!! Start investigating.....call in your chips.....get to the TRUTH and PRINT IT. That's what we pay you for!!!