Posted on 02/18/2015 1:57:42 PM PST by Jim Robinson
On Wednesday, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush reiterated that immigration reform is “hugely important” for America even though the country’s middle class, as Bush acknowledged, is getting more squeezed.
“Immigration reform for our country is so hugely important. Race is not a national identifier in this country. We’re 34 flavors. We’re as diverse as diverse can get,” Bush said during a question-and-answer session after his foreign policy address at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. “And that is a huge strength looking over the horizon right now, where multiculturalism kind of creates pockets of despair in Europe in many cases.”
Bush, who has been praised by top GOP 2016 donors for leading on the amnesty issue, said “the United States has this potential of being young and dynamic again” and, “if Europe embraced that similar kind of approach, I think that they could see some economic growth as well.”
But his response to an audience member’s question on the “permanency of poverty” displayed that his support for massive comprehensive amnesty legislation may make it tougher for Americans to move up the economic ladder.
Bush addressed the “stickiness of poverty” and the dramatic increases in innovation and “exponential increases in automation” that are making many more jobs obsolete. Senators like Alabama’s Jeff Sessions (R-AL) have also addressed how automation increasingly threatens American workers. Bush said the increase in automation “is a huge challenge” for policymakers, especially since America’s policies “have worked to provide material benefits to people in poverty,” but “they haven’t worked to lift them out” of poverty and allow Americans in poverty to have “the capacity to achieve earned success.”
Bush spoke about the “permanency of poverty,” ...
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“It may be squeezing the middle class, I’m sure that could be happening, but the costs of my pool guy and my lawn people are getting completely out of hand.”
This man is dead to me.
TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT!!!
Who in the world would want this yakking toad to run for president? He must need the money.
>> “Immigration reform for our country is so hugely important. Race is not a national identifier in this country. We’re 34 flavors. We’re as diverse as diverse can get,” Bush said during a question-and-answer session after his foreign policy address at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. “And that is a huge strength...”
Count the lies in those few sentences. I count 5. Did I miss any?
This man is a walking Oligarch unto himself!
Translation: My donors love cheap labor. Everything else be damned.
Once again our betters have spoken. /sarc
Why don’t you clean your own pool and mow your own lawn?
I couldn’t vote for the guy.
Amen.
Jeb: “Illegal immigration and Amnesty is killing American jobs, so we will do more of it”
Deep thinker, this Jeb.
There’s the implication that immigration has anything to do with race. That would be 6.
“Hugely important” for the oligarchs.
“TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT!!! “
Yes. Our last chance!
FUJB indeed! I’ve been voting since 1976, but if he is the nominee, I’ll be leaving the presidential slot blank. I’m one of the middle class that is getting the squeeze. I can’t take any more squeezing. FUJB!
And this clueless loser will be anointed the Republican candidate for president ensuring yet another four years of commie rule.
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