He really gets straight to the point... Someone from the audience asked if we should have a constitutional convention... He replied that we don't need a new constitution - rather, we need to follow the constitution that we have.
His website has a list of issues (literally) from A to Z.
http://www.bowman2006.com/issues_az.htmI checked out his stand on immigration, and I was impressed... Why can't more Democrats take this stand?
http://www.bowman2006.com/issues_az.htm#ImmigrationImmigration: Immigration is a complex issue which cuts across party lines... Those in favor of "amnesty" or a "guest worker program" include pro-corporate Republicans, elements of the Roman Catholic Church seeking new congregants to replace millions of alienated and excommunicated parishioners, a few Union leaders hoping for new dues-paying members, and liberal Democrats driven by compassion for poor illegal immigrants seeking a better life... Those opposing the "guest worker program" include racist Republicans and disgruntled taxpayers who don't want to subsidize social services for illegals... None of the above groups sees the critical problem with illegal immigration (or indeed with uncontrolled legal immigration)... The problem is that large numbers of immigrants willing to work for peanuts depresses the wages for all working Americans, including what's left of the middle class.
President Bush and other supporters of a "guest worker program" keep talking about immigrants taking jobs that Americans won't do... That is completely false... There are no jobs Americans won't do... There are only jobs that Americans won't do for the paltry wages corporations pay illegal immigrants... If they were paid a decent wage for their efforts, American workers would pick our crops, collect our garbage, mow our lawns, flip our hamburgers, wash our dishes, and build our houses... If there were no illegal immigrants, employers would have to pay decent wages... They would have no choice... (There are jobs that can't be exported.).. Yes, if American workers were paid a living wage, prices would go up... But wages would go up far more, so that more Americans could afford the fruits of their labor... The fact of the matter is that allowing large numbers of immigrants to stay in this country is a subsidy to unscrupulous businesses which employ them and exploit them.
While compassion demands that we provide health care and emergency services to illegal immigrants and their families, we are NOT obligated to provide them with welfare, unemployment compensation, or education for their children.. Second, we must have a secure way of determining who is in this country legally, and then severely punish employers who hire illegals... If they are unable to get jobs or welfare, the illegals will go back home... Yes, controlling the border with more fences and troops may supply part of the answer, but the real solution lies in preventing illegals from earning money in the United States... That will not only encourage many to leave, it will also prevent more from coming here in the first place... Any kind of "amnesty" or "guest worker program" will just have the opposite effect and encourage millions more to risk their lives to get into the country and "cash in."
If we are truly compassionate, and want to better the lives of poor Mexicans, the way to do it is to help the Mexican people get an honest recount and elect a populist government to replace the oligarchs.. Then we can assist that new government of Mexico to better the lives of their own people where they live... Of course, it would help if we got rid of our own oligarchs, too... (After all, they came to power with two stolen elections.).. They are the ones pushing the "guest worker program," because it means lower labor costs for their fat-cat industrialist friends, and therefore higher profits... In the end, it's all about money.
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