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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:17 PM Original message |
Tara Jacoby of the Manhattan Institute made good points on immigration |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Isn't that a right wing think tank? n/t |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, which is why I was shocked to hear such pro-immigration sentiment |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. The "right-wing" doesn't have a fixed opnion on this |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. good grief man she's NOT pro-immigrant |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Good grief, man! |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. When a "Democrat" advocates gutting the labor market |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Gutting the labor market? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You want them to stay in their home countries where there's less for them? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. what do they have against their countries? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Now it's coming out. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Why aren't you advocating pressuring Mexico to enact laws,... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Because I'm an American. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. . |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I think you could make your point better without being insulting. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. "Labor Like Any Commodity NEEDS SCARCITY To Be Valued" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. But the numbers are going to be the same. |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
71. It needed to be said. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Which part needed to be said? |
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laura888 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Excellent points! |
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jrthin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yep. I certainly |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. She made that point, actually. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes. She is also a Bush appointee. n/t |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Then it all makes sense to me....................... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And yet, she insisted that a day of reckoning was fast approaching |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. No Surprise |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Nevertheless, is it a good idea or a bad one to increase the number |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Good Idea |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Second that motion. Kick. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yeah and even "Native Americans" |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. she was full of crap |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I missed Keith Richburg. |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Tamara Jacoby is DANGEROUS. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Please point me directly to where she says what you say she says. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. you need to relisten to what she said |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. With all due respect, you're not being very helpful. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
75. the things she was saying were not true, were spun, tweeked and |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. bushgang shill |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. There is a huge rift in Republican circles over immigration |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Apparently a lot of Democrats agree with the ones who want to close |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. You propose to make the Democrats the Party of coolie labor |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Is that what I was advocating? I didn't realize that. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. No, SHE put them in your mouth |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Listen to what people actually say, man. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. what you ACTUALLY said |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I never used the term "guest workers." |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. That's what THEY WANT: "coolie labor" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I am not arguing in favor of coolie labor, man. Good grief! |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's TAMAR. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yes, I figured that out. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. She's fundamentally a pro-corporate, slave-labor advocate. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Fine. But she made points human rights advocates make |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. She did not advocate pressuring Mexico to enact fair wage & hour,... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Why don't we pressure our Representatives and Senators to |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. Kinda Like The Way Boosh Sez We Invaded Iraq To Spread Democracy? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. That may very well be her ultimate agenda. |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Actually, she's pretty nice |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Good grief, man! |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. I used to be strongly supportive of |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. If they were legalized, the tax burden would go down. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Like These Meatpacking Jobs We No Longer Want To Do |
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laura888 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Will legalizing immigrants that are currently illegal... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Which is the main issue? Stopping the flood of *illegal* immigrants? |
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laura888 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. but more *illegal* immigrants will continue to arrive |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. What if you did? What would that do? |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. I watched her on CSpan this morning |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I agree that we shouldn't allow more immigrants so we can have cheap crabs |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I agree, we do need a continual influx of new immigrants |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I totally agree with you. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. We're agreed then! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Cheers! |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Now that I'm slightly buzzed I have to tell you |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Good grief, man. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. No. But Enforced Criminalization Of Employers Who Hire Illegals Would |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I agree with everything in this post. |
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