It's what advancing socialism is all about.
Why Socialists Love Illegal Immigration
By Bruce Crawford
June 20, 2003
Members of the Left, who would lead us down Hayek's road to serfdom, have
long rejected the Western notion of sovereignty. In particular, they believe
any attempt to exercise control of our own borders is "racist," and possibly
even a "hate crime." The Founding Fathers had a different view. In Article
I, Section 8, of the Constitution, they empowered Congress to "suppress
insurrections and repel Invasions." Today it seems America has lost control
of its borders thanks to an invasion by illegal immigrants, and the Left
continues to oppose American sovereignty for a simple reason: illegal
immigration advances socialism.
This becomes apparent when one examines the "social injustices" trumpeted by
the Left. Analyze how illegal immigration feeds those perceived injustices.
Without hordes of illegal immigrants, the causes celebre of the Left
disappear.
The left-wing think tank (a misnomer, as the Left doesn't think; it emotes),
California Budget Project, frequently uses the impact of illegal immigration
to build a case for mythical social injustices. The CBP's data are often
cited by legislators and journalists.
One current cause celebre is the "earnings gap." Another hot topic is
socialized health care. Let's take a look at just these two to see why
socialists love illegals and abhor sovereignty.
In a January 2003 report, "The Economy Remains Stagnant," the CBP stated,
"The number of working poor increased during the recession" (Mar. 2001 until
Nov. 2002), and "The hourly earnings of low-wage and typical California
workers made little progress over the past decade." Its thinly-veiled
solution is for more socialism in the form of welfare programs and
regulations on employers.
According to the INS Office of Policy and Planning, the total illegal
immigrant population in the U.S. as of 2000 was 7 million, of which 32%, or
2.2 million, resided in California, comprising 6.5% of our total population.
These figures do not include children born to illegals, children who were
granted citizenship in violation of the intent of the framer of the
Fourteenth Amendment who wrote the citizenship clause, Sen. Jacob Howard.
Since education is the best indicator of economic success, let's look at the
educational level of immigrants. An analysis of Census Bureau data by the
Center for Immigration Studies shows prior to the 1970s, immigrants not only
came in much lower numbers, they came with much higher educational levels.
Only 17.3 percent had less than an high school diploma, and their median
income was slightly higher than that of native Americans. Of those who came
in the 1990s, 34.6 percent -- exactly twice the pre-70s level -- did not
have a diploma. Immigrants now comprise more than 40 percent of all high
school dropouts in the workforce.
This surplus of uneducated, unskilled labor distorts the forces of supply
and demand, locking wages at rock bottom. The socialist remedy is a "living
wage." Yet a significant portion of the bottom 20 percent of wage earners
are uneducated illegals.
Without the negative impact of uneducated illegals on the labor market, the
Left's argument vaporizes. The second quintile (21-40 percent) would become
the bottom quintile, dramatically lifting the hourly wage of that category.
Many of the third quintile would move into the second one, etc. The
increasing "earnings gap" and the rationalization for an economically
crushing "living wage" would disappear. For those who are here legally, the
rich may be getting richer, but the poor are getting richer even faster.
The second cause celebre is health care. Most of the legion of Democrat
candidates for president, and many in Congress and state legislatures, are
calling for various forms of increased socialized health care. They cite
statistics purporting to show more and more people can't afford health
insurance. Census Bureau data reveal some dirty little secrets here, too.
It is true since 1989 the national population without health insurance has
grown by 7.8 million to 41.2 million in 2001. This is almost exactly the
incease in the number of illegals in the U.S. When one counts both
immigrants and children born to them, over 95 percent of the increase in
uninsureds is the result of immigration, more than half of which (by some
estimates, 70 percent) is attributable to illegal immigration.
The root cause of this is the illegals don't have the educational skills to
command a job that includes medical benefits. But that doesn't stop the
socialists from calling for more federal and state health care programs,
more federal and state regulation of the health care industry, more laws
requiring employers to provide health insurance, etc., ad nauseam.
The naive are fond of saying cheap illegal labor is good for us, and good
for our economy. False. The economic impact of uneducated, unskilled illegal
labor fuels the arguments of the Left, and accelerates our journey down the
road to socialism.
To stay free and prosperous, Congress needs to live up to its constitutional
responsibility to execute the laws of the Union and repel an immigration
invasion. In so doing, it would defang the class warfare arguments the Left
uses to advance socialism.
"Thornton Mellon" ...
> ...
> In so doing, it would defang the class warfare arguments the Left
> uses to advance socialism.
And by fucking dog/god we would not wish to advance any cause
of social justice, of social fairness, of social equality or anything else
that has a direct relationship with society and human beans.
Now would we ?
JHall.
James Hall <jhall@no-spam> wrote in message
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> And by fucking dog/god we would not wish to advance any cause
> of social justice, of social fairness, of social equality or anything else
> that has a direct relationship with society and human beans.
>
> Now would we ?
Best advice: ignore demented "Thornton Mellon," who can't substantiate any
of "his" arguments.
"James Hall" <jhall@no-spam> wrote in message
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>
> "Thornton Mellon" ...
>
> > ...
>
> > In so doing, it would defang the class warfare arguments the Left
> > uses to advance socialism.
>
> And by fucking dog/god we would not wish to advance any cause
> of social justice, of social fairness, of social equality or anything else
> that has a direct relationship with society and human beans.
>
> Now would we ?
>
> JHall.
>
>
Is that in "rice and beans"? :-)
"rms1" <rms1@no-spam> wrote in message
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>
> James Hall <jhall@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:NDfRa.7841$X96.371845290@no-spam
>
> > And by fucking dog/god we would not wish to advance any cause
> > of social justice, of social fairness, of social equality or anything
else
> > that has a direct relationship with society and human beans.
> >
> > Now would we ?
>
> Best advice: ignore demented "Thornton Mellon," who can't substantiate any
> of "his" arguments.
>
>
>
There's no need to substantiate accurate statistics..
The truth is out there, but it frequently offends, and is usually
politically incorrect...The left has been ignoring the truth for decades.
Now you can tell that CPUSA holdover Jimbo to ignore my posts.... :-)
