CITIZEN ALERT v1.216
IMMIGRATION
Watched my representative Congressman Xavier Becerra tonight on the Tavis Smiley show talk about the Immigration reform and the politics behind it. I was glad that my rep expressed my same views on the matter and they were: that we must be realistic in dealing with the immigrants who are here in our country doing work that we as a country benefit from tremendously.
He made the excellent point that while the illegal immigrants are law breakers, they are law breakers in response to first incident law breakers and that is the American people who hire them. These workers are not flooding over the border forcing themselves into a tiered labor market; they are responding to the offer of work - and I'll go one further than Becerra - they are responding 1) to the offer of employment by Americans and 2) by the demand that Americans have for certain prices when it comes to their food. Do all these workers pay income tax? No. Do they make up for it by lowering the cost of dozens and dozens of items in your kitchen? More than make up for it.
And what Becerra stressed most is what I stress over and over again to people I get into debates with about this and that is yes, they are breaking our man made laws, but they are working for their survival, they are scraping by to put food on their table for their kids and that Natural Law of survival supersedes any law put forth by man or government.
Soon to come a talk about Ethanol.
He made the excellent point that while the illegal immigrants are law breakers, they are law breakers in response to first incident law breakers and that is the American people who hire them. These workers are not flooding over the border forcing themselves into a tiered labor market; they are responding to the offer of work - and I'll go one further than Becerra - they are responding 1) to the offer of employment by Americans and 2) by the demand that Americans have for certain prices when it comes to their food. Do all these workers pay income tax? No. Do they make up for it by lowering the cost of dozens and dozens of items in your kitchen? More than make up for it.
And what Becerra stressed most is what I stress over and over again to people I get into debates with about this and that is yes, they are breaking our man made laws, but they are working for their survival, they are scraping by to put food on their table for their kids and that Natural Law of survival supersedes any law put forth by man or government.
Soon to come a talk about Ethanol.
Labels: Immigration, Xavier Becerra
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