And the Feds can tell the states this how?
Mr. Rove serves a President who has proved himself willing to buck a significant part of his own coalition by pushing a forward-looking, pro-immigration plan.
In Wall Street Journal-speak "forward looking" is the crushing of the wage market power of the lower and middle classes of American citizens and residents.
I love the WSJ so hear my comment through that qualifier. It is really an ugly sight to see conservatives take up liberal rhetoric, for whatever reason. They could have made their point without the stupid "forward looking" comment. Whose idea was that? Do they have a closet liberal lurking in their midst? I understand that they are pro-immigration because they are the pro-business WSJ. I wish they would acknowledge the costs to taxpayers as they hear those business ka-chings dancing in their heads. But it's not going to make me like them less. However, using idiotic liberal rhetoric like "forward-thinking" will turn me off in a hurry. What is that other than a bunch of nonsense? Everyone in the debate is "forward-thinking." It's just that we all have varing visions of it.
As long as we are Welfare-USA, this guest worker plan is going to be unfair. When it costs me nothing, then I'll stop complaining.
The same way they tell the states what their DUI level will be or what their speed limit will be --- do what we say or we cut off your Fed education funds.
In the Wall Street Journal's view, having taxpayers subsidize the wages of illegals through socialist services programs is perfectly fine.
The illegals are parasites "yearning to eat free".