Immigration: The Slide Toward Socialism

Do you recall the recent riots in France when that government attempted to repeal job guarantees for the young?

Couldn't it be argued that, economically stunted through years of moving away from a free market approach, the European Union is nothing more than a quasi-imperialistic, creeping socialism which, as all socialist empires have done, attempts to expand to counter stagnation, before the entire house of cards collapses in upon itself because it simply is not economically competitive?

But what it has always had to compete against is the United States.

Unfortunately, now more than ever, our Senate, having become a professional class of elitist politicians, relatively unaccomplished in the non-political world, yet thinking it knows everything best, is attempting to use the Immigration Bill to gain more and more control of our lives and our economic well being.

That is an approach which will lead to disaster, leaving America less competitive as it slides away from a free market philosophy and down into the stagnation which Europe has come to represent. And worse, it will pave the way for new economies like China and India to displace America as the leader of the economic world. And all because we the people have allowed a power hungry political class to get out of control.

Read the latest devil in the details a would-be ruling class we once thought of as a freely elected Senate is trying to slip past, then ponder how we can stop allowing them to pit us against one another as voters so we can begin to throw the bulk of them out!

It is hard to believe that it is happening under a Republican-controlled Congress and White House, but a measure to put federal bureaucrats in charge of wage setting for a big chunk of the American economy appears headed toward passage. The measure is one of the obscure provisions contained in the 600-plus page Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act in the Senate.

Comments

[Stella]

It will be interesting to hear what the unions' take on this is.

[Bithead]

OTOH, neither should Immigration policy be used toward what's good for the immigrant, but rather, what's good for AMERICA, and AMERICANS.

That part of all of this eems to ahve gotten lost in the attempt to not offend anyone.

If we're to follow the spirit of this bill, here, sympathy and a better life for immigrants first, should we not then bypass the Mexicans for people who are demonstrably worse off then they? People from the Darfur regions, for example?

[Phoenix]

Seems the unions might not have much say considering members are fleeing like rats on a sinking ship.

Can you imagine someone from back in the days when offense was handled by a duel at dawn with your best friend acting as second? Suppose that person, of that gentleman's mindset, were to be plopped down in our pluperfect politically correct society. He'd shoot himself. He'd think he was in some twilight zone where offending someone is worse than a bad case of syphllis before the time of penicillin.

I can't call doom yet. Individualism is too strong in this country. We know nothing else. If our government fails us, sooner or later, things will turn ugly once the collective conscience decides it's had enough.

[Rick]

"I can't call doom yet. Individualism is too strong in this country. We know nothing else. If our government fails us, sooner or later, things will turn ugly once the collective conscience decides it's had enough."

Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, May 26, 2006 at 07:00 PM

I pray you're right, but in a country where more people are concerned who won American Idiot (oops...idol) than what's important....Well, I fear the worst.

[Phoenix]

It may be, Rick, that in a country that pays more attention to some kid with talent making it to the top on that talent by democratic votes, says more than what most think. There's lots of Idol-bashing going on. People whine about 'oh look...more people voted than they did for politics' or other stupid comparisons. People are sick and tired of politics. They like watching a winner who does it on raw talent and spunk. It's inspiring - unlike watching our political leaders. Seems to me American Idol answers some hidden need in us to see that, 'yeah, it's true - individual effort and hard work do mean something'. The reminder that greatness is rewarded is good. Call it reality-TV, creepy, seductive, whatever. It's still winner takes all, but there is no winner without a vote. Those concerned with the next Idol can be just as concerned with the next political vote. Maybe Idol just reminded them that votes DO count.

[Rick]

Phoenix, You have no idea how much I agree with you. But then, you're one in a million, someone in tune with "Idol" as a bigger picture and in tune with politics as well. You are very much different than the average couch potato idol watcher. Keep up the good work.