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Bush defiant on immigration: ‘I’m right about this’
The Hill ^ | April 30, 2015 | Jonathan Easley

Posted on 05/01/2015 6:40:10 AM PDT by C19fan

A feisty Jeb Bush gave a full-throated defense of his immigration stance in front of a Washington audience on Thursday, laying out the economic case that reforms he champions could return the nation to prosperity.

Bush took a swipe at Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a likely opponent against Bush for the Republican presidential nomination next year, for saying that he favors limiting legal immigration to the U.S. as a means of preserving jobs in the nation for current citizens.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; bush; deportjebbush; immigration; mexicofirst4bush; potus
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Fine then I am defiant in never voting for you. If immigration is such an economic panacea then why is CA not an economic utopia. Miami has income inequality comparable to Latin American countries. Bush confuses absolute economic growth with per-capita economic growth. Sure the economic will grow faster if we have open borders as people coming here will need food and shelter but per-capita growth will be at best stagnant.
1 posted on 05/01/2015 6:40:10 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

And I’m right about never ever voting for him.


2 posted on 05/01/2015 6:41:58 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: C19fan

Can’t wait to see Jeb’s GOP slogan..”VOTE FOR ME CAUSE I’M RIGHT AND YOU ARE WRONG!” Sign me up!


3 posted on 05/01/2015 6:42:39 AM PDT by BerniesFriend (Sarah Palin-"Lord knows she's attractive" says bitter Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the MSM)
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Sure, cheap labor that puts Americans out of work...if that was the recipe for American prosperiy, we’d already be there.


4 posted on 05/01/2015 6:42:56 AM PDT by Wolfie
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So then according to him it’s okay to rob banks ....


5 posted on 05/01/2015 6:44:25 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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Okay Jeb,

If you’re SO right and most of the American CITIZENS are wrong...

You aren’t fit to lead this country. You want to be a king too.


6 posted on 05/01/2015 6:45:01 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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Well, Jeb, you want to get elected without conservatives.

Good luck with that.


7 posted on 05/01/2015 6:45:34 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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Bush is unteachable. He has gone native - for Latin America. If the choice is between him and Hillary, my choice is neither.


8 posted on 05/01/2015 6:46:39 AM PDT by Truth29
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No Jeb,

These ILLEGAL aliens are NOTHING like immigrants of the past.

They do NOT come here for opportunity to make better lives for themselves and their families;

-They come to FREELOAD. ..oh, and to vote DEMOCRAT.

Get it?


9 posted on 05/01/2015 6:47:47 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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More legal immigration good - amnesty for illegals bad. Bush is right about legal immigration but I sense he is firmly in the amnesty camp.


10 posted on 05/01/2015 6:47:51 AM PDT by impimp
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A feisty Jeb Bush gave a full-throated defense of his immigration stance in front of a Washington audience on Thursday, laying out the economic case that reforms he champions could return the nation to prosperity.

...

No it won’t. But it will mean more luxury for our corrupt Ruling Class, and others who make a fortune from Big Government.


11 posted on 05/01/2015 6:50:48 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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What exactly is distinguishable between Jebby and Hillary... I mean, besides his height?


12 posted on 05/01/2015 6:50:50 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Hillary is nothing more than a white, wrinkled form of Obama in pants.)
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We are about to be swept up in a wave of automation that in the near to medium term could displace 30-40% of the workforce. The way I see it, half of the black population is unemployable right now. Imagine in 5 to 10 years, 70% of blacks and 25% of whites displaced from the workforce. What are we supposed to do with millions and millions of unskilled and often illiterate mexicans? Think Baltimore is bad? Just wait.


13 posted on 05/01/2015 6:57:00 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: BerniesFriend

Jebthrow Bush for Double-NOT President


14 posted on 05/01/2015 7:23:09 AM PDT by Vortex (Garbage In, Garbage Out)
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If you think John Boeehner and Mitch McConnell are great Republican leaders..., then vote for Jeb Bush.

Do not vote for Benedict Bush.


15 posted on 05/01/2015 7:37:51 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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Oh I get it now! In the ends the establishment and the media are going to take Hillary all the way down and so the only candidate RAT voters will be able to vote for is Jeb. And maybe he’ll pick up enough independent and GOp voters to actually pull off a win...

maybe that’s their game plan. Not saying it will work....unless you factor in the cheating, which could take Jeb over the top....


16 posted on 05/01/2015 7:41:32 AM PDT by uncitizen (I'm Ready for Teddy!)
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To: C19fan

Clearly he’s been studying Obama..


17 posted on 05/01/2015 7:52:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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You have to thank Jeb Bush for being honest with us about his ill-conceived immigration policy. He could have done an about-face on amnesty, pieced together some get-tough policy points and mouthed some words for a GOP primary election season that he thought conservative voters wanted to hear with little intent to follow through once elected. He may have even been late coming to the party to grasp the magnitude of the threat of illegal immigration. We went through that betrayal before with his brother, Gov. George W. running for President. I refuse to be fooled again in 2016 if the same scam is tried by any politician (including other governors with a W in their name).


18 posted on 05/01/2015 7:59:10 AM PDT by Unmarked Package (Cruz to Victory 2016)
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good. i’ll be happy to stand with walker and sessions at the extreme opposite pole from bush and the GOPe.

bush and his ilk have been about as wrong about the effects of immigration, legal and illegal, on our society and culture as it is possible to get. this is because the “facts” and assumptions he (and they) base their arguments on are both false and leftist (emotion, not reason, driven).


19 posted on 05/01/2015 8:02:34 AM PDT by dadfly
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Can’t wait to see Jeb’s GOP slogan..”VOTE FOR ME CAUSE I’M RIGHT AND YOU ARE WRONG!”

LOL! Really, he is constantly criticizing and lecturing to the base about how wrong they are and how right he is. This, does not get people to vote for you. He has a lot of dough piled up; but, no real enthusiasm; and, the base doesn't like him --- and, he keeps insulting them. I suppose it will take a couple of primary losses for him to see the flaw in his election strategy.

20 posted on 05/01/2015 8:44:16 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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