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Dirty Hippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 10:07 AM
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Bush Immigration Proposal Built On Misconceptions...
Remainder of Title: Would Fundamentally Change the Nature Of U.S. Society

The misconception of full employment.

The misconception of a burgeoning job market.

The misconception that the black underclass no longer exists.

The misconception that the Americans With Disabilities Act has done its job.

The misconception that current American workers in meatpacking plants, agricultural fields, restaurants, hotels and constructions are paid too much.

The misconception that our scientists, engineers, computer programmers and other high-skilled professionals are fully employed and well-paid.

...

Although everybody refers to this proposal as being about immigration policy, it really is about the very nature of our society.

At stake is whether the United States remains a middle-class culture or becomes what I would call a “servant culture” more on the line of Europe or even 3rd world nations.

Europe is a continent that long has had a servant class. When it began to find it difficult to keep the natives in those poorly paid servile roles, it imported foreign workers to “do the dirty work.”

http://www.numbersusa.com/press/BushPropAnal.html
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 10:36 AM
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1. Thank you
There is a lot at stake here.
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GRClarkesq Donating Member (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 10:37 AM
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2. Bush does not expect to pass an immigration bill this year
this is an election year wedge issue aimed at the Democractic candidates.

If they take a position on immigration they must choose between two constituencies, hispanics and organized labor. Take a position and risk offending one of these groups.

Bush does not have this problem: organized labor will never support him and he can only go up with hispanics.
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Dirty Hippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 10:50 AM
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3. Mystery Solved
Check this out...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1006011

These illegals will have to register for the Draft.

Brilliant!
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