secks
SERENITY NOW!!!
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2003
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Birdstrike:
You're not a Republican so much as you're a conservative. I'm right there with you on these issues. I won't vote Republican again as long as my vote is taken for granted. If enough conservatives temporarily withdraw their support of the Republican party, politicians will get the message.
My main concerns are immigration and the export of jobs.
The justification for this amnesty program is that illegal laborers perform work that only they are willing to perform. Bull$hit. In the past, these jobs were performed by Americans. There's no reason that trend cannot continue. Furthermore, if the supply of labor is low, then the price offered for that labor must be increased in order to meet labor demand (or the job must be mechanized). Instead of offering higher wages to attract employees, they hire illegal immigrants. These illegals are cheap to employers, but expensive to taxpayers (welfare, medicaid, etc.). Basically, companies reap the benefit, while the taxpayers foot the bill.
Then you've got the rampant exporting of jobs overseas. Who benefits from outsourcing jobs? 1) the people employed overseas 2) the people who are exporting labor. The money saved by outsourcing jobs is absorbed by the company, and only slightly affects the price of goods. Thus, consumers benefit little from outsourcing, and domestic, eligible workers are deprived of a job. Is that really worth saving a few bucks? In a couple of decades, very little will be made or researched domestically. Globalisation is not the friend of the American worker.
You're not a Republican so much as you're a conservative. I'm right there with you on these issues. I won't vote Republican again as long as my vote is taken for granted. If enough conservatives temporarily withdraw their support of the Republican party, politicians will get the message.
My main concerns are immigration and the export of jobs.
The justification for this amnesty program is that illegal laborers perform work that only they are willing to perform. Bull$hit. In the past, these jobs were performed by Americans. There's no reason that trend cannot continue. Furthermore, if the supply of labor is low, then the price offered for that labor must be increased in order to meet labor demand (or the job must be mechanized). Instead of offering higher wages to attract employees, they hire illegal immigrants. These illegals are cheap to employers, but expensive to taxpayers (welfare, medicaid, etc.). Basically, companies reap the benefit, while the taxpayers foot the bill.
Then you've got the rampant exporting of jobs overseas. Who benefits from outsourcing jobs? 1) the people employed overseas 2) the people who are exporting labor. The money saved by outsourcing jobs is absorbed by the company, and only slightly affects the price of goods. Thus, consumers benefit little from outsourcing, and domestic, eligible workers are deprived of a job. Is that really worth saving a few bucks? In a couple of decades, very little will be made or researched domestically. Globalisation is not the friend of the American worker.