Re: Mexicans striking
Interesting response, rodbolt, but I was inquiring about your persistent and consistent employment of cynical attack. There are literally countless instances of unintended consequences that arise because of American foreign policy throughout history, some of them very serious. I notice that you like to use them as a club against whatever path of action or leader you would like to destroy (Bush, for now) at a given time. My question to you was, should we sit on our hands and do nothing when there's a perceived threat because there may be unintended consequences?<br /><br />As far as dealing with the labor issues associated with illegal immigration goes, I agree with much of what you say. I do believe that we, as Americans, have some of our values skewed, and that if/when all the illegals are sent packing, there will have to be a realignment of sorts. And I am sure the marketplace will effectively make that realignment happen. So, if we end up paying thirty cents more for a head of lettuce because we have to pay Americans a fair wage to harvest it, so be it. That just means that we have been enjoying certain artificially cheap goods for too long.<br /><br />If we're ever going to get our priorities and values to line up sensibly, we're going to have to restore honor to physical labor and brute sweat. It's nice to sit in an air-conditioned office and beat on a keyboard all day long and take home $100,000, but it's time for Blue Collar America to reassert itself. I just want it to happen through the marketplace, not the offices of corrupt politicians and union bosses.
