Comments on: Immigration vs. Wages http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/04/22/immigration-vs-wages/ The personal blog of P. Kerim Friedman. Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Luis A. del Valle http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/04/22/immigration-vs-wages/comment-page-1/#comment-4977 Luis A. del Valle Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:38:31 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=2437#comment-4977 The suggestion that Conservatives got thrown out of office because it got fat and lazy is a misdiagnosis of the sins that produced this debacle. Quite the contrary, I find that it was the GOP’s athletic and resilient ability to take misstep after misstep--cheered on by right-wing radio--till they ran themselves out of office. I cannot think of anything comparable except seeing Ladainian Tomlinson breaking tackle after tackle--but headed the wrong way. No. The reason that conservatives got were they got was that they lost their bearings--including the National Review. I can’t precisely recall the issues’ title back in 2005 something about the Reconquista…no matter. The point being that besides the selected and derisive use of Spanish all over the issue, NR gave a liberal labor economics professor from Harvard carta blanche to justify provincialism. To be fair to NR they obviated from his piece the economist’s most egregious quotations about wealth redistribution, which I imagine is a no, no among its readers, but a yes, yes among readers of arch liberal Paul Krugman--who happens to have the same stance as NR on this issue. Nonetheless, it appears that NR believes in the invisible hand of capitalism as long as it is attached to someone with blue eyes. But how does this relate to the election? I voted Republican in 00,02, and 04. I also became a subscriber of NR during those years. However, since this article I did not renew my NR subscription, I nixed the idea of going on a NR sponsored cruise, and instead of 42 percent of Hispanics voting Republican in 04, 20 percent did so in 06. So next time you want to reach out to Hispanics, don’t stick your finger out. Comprende amigo? The suggestion that Conservatives got thrown out of office because it got fat and lazy is a misdiagnosis of the sins that produced this debacle. Quite the contrary, I find that it was the GOP’s athletic and resilient ability to take misstep after misstep–cheered on by right-wing radio–till they ran themselves out of office. I cannot think of anything comparable except seeing Ladainian Tomlinson breaking tackle after tackle–but headed the wrong way.

No. The reason that conservatives got were they got was that they lost their bearings–including the National Review. I can’t precisely recall the issues’ title back in 2005 something about the Reconquista…no matter. The point being that besides the selected and derisive use of Spanish all over the issue, NR gave a liberal labor economics professor from Harvard carta blanche to justify provincialism. To be fair to NR they obviated from his piece the economist’s most egregious quotations about wealth redistribution, which I imagine is a no, no among its readers, but a yes, yes among readers of arch liberal Paul Krugman–who happens to have the same stance as NR on this issue. Nonetheless, it appears that NR believes in the invisible hand of capitalism as long as it is attached to someone with blue eyes.

But how does this relate to the election? I voted Republican in 00,02, and 04. I also became a subscriber of NR during those years. However, since this article I did not renew my NR subscription, I nixed the idea of going on a NR sponsored cruise, and instead of 42 percent of Hispanics voting Republican in 04, 20 percent did so in 06.

So next time you want to reach out to Hispanics, don’t stick your finger out. Comprende amigo?

]]> By: lorenz http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2006/04/22/immigration-vs-wages/comment-page-1/#comment-4976 lorenz Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:35:37 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=2437#comment-4976 I agree with your conclusion. It's an chicken-or-the-egg question.. or rather not. It's not immigration, but the top 0,5% who drive down the wages by using immigrantion in a capitalistic manner ("social dumping"). It's wrong to blame immigration for a genuine capitalistic problem. I agree with your conclusion. It’s an chicken-or-the-egg question.. or rather not. It’s not immigration, but the top 0,5% who drive down the wages by using immigrantion in a capitalistic manner (“social dumping”). It’s wrong to blame immigration for a genuine capitalistic problem.

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