Posted on 02/27/2014 8:10:52 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Saying they are encouraged by the House GOP leadership's "immigration principles" that they consider "guideposts," the business organizations wrote that they are "united in the belief that we can and must do better for our economy and country by modernizing our immigration system." They also pressed for amnesty by writing about the need to respect "family unity."
"Done properly, reform will deter illegal immigration, protect and complement our U.S. workforce, better respond to changing economic and demographic needs, and generate greater productivity and economic activity, while respecting family unity," they wrote. "Failure to act is not an option. We cannot afford to be content and watch a dysfunctional immigration system work against our overall national interest."
The day before, Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue pleaded for immigration reform and legislation that the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of American workers, as momentum has stalled on the legislation after the House's immigration principles were slammed as "amnesty" by the likes of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
The Chamber of Commerce and high-tech interests--Facebook, for example--have vowed to spend millions this year to get amnesty, as leading Democrats have said that this year would be the last chance to enact significant immigration reform measures. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said last week that immigration reform was still a possibility after House and Senate leaders said that President Barack Obama has to prove first that he can be trusted to enforce any new immigration laws. Amnesty opponents have stressed that immigration reform would negatively impact American workers by
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Yes. Insurance companies sure the heck aren’t de-crying the new ‘tax’ on people who don’t buy something the fed mandates.
RE: “A partnership of business and government.”
The most frequently used word for that is “corporatism.”
Bump
Big Business likes Facsism. Guarantees market share, stable prices and profits. Suppresses competition from the little guys, who don’t have a voice in the corridors of power and get strangled by regulation.
For some reason I thought of IBM and all of the Layoffs aka “resource actions” it has had to take on a yearly basis because of their continuing need to keep labor costs down. They would just love an influx of “labor” from Mexico and other countries to legally hold down the costs of labor.
The system is not dysfunctional. The system is unenforced.
I submit that Facsism is a more precise description...and has a more negative connotation.
Ergo, would be a more powerfully charged word for us to use.
Just as we shouldn't refer to the current regime by the more-or-less neutral term "socialist" -- it's Fascist.
But, “Corporatism” is actually the word that most historians use when they describe the relationship between Fascist governments and business, especially when they refer to Germany and Italy in the 1930’s.
Unfortunately, most Americans (incorrectly) associate “Fascism” with the political Right, so calling the Obama regime “Fascist” might just add more confusion to the subject.
There are a heap of Republicans who are open to amnesty. They will be more likely to do so believing they need to pander to Latinos in 2016.
Dan Coats and Ron Johnson were for amnesty but the antics of Schumer and Rubio were so ridiculous they voted no.
Purportedly around 20% of the caucus, which would amount to about 40-45 members -- enough to put amnesty over the hump, with strong Democrat support.
But, if the Republican Party wants to pander to the Latino vote in 2016, do they not realize that legal Hispanics are against amnesty by a 2-to-1 margin?
If they want to pander to actual voters, they're far better off pandering to the legal Hispanics than the illegal ones.
I've seen two polls of Hispanics on this subject -- both against amnesty by 2-to-1 margins (roughly 60-32)...and I've seen absolutely no recognition of this reality (and opportunity) by anybody in the GOP.
Point well taken.
“This version is called Fascism, not mercantilism.”
It does seem to be moving in that direction. Whichever is correct, we are certainly not a free country.
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