I don't have much to say, but since Abhishek is not posting in his blog, I have to do something. So I am going to offer up this space to a 'guest opinion' from a dear high school friend of mine who is also a conservative. But he's not one of those creepy 'this is a Christian nation and should have Christian Law' conservatives, but more like a libertarian. And since I'm a libertarian too, I'm going to honor him by posting his 4 point solution to the immigration controversy in our nation. Disclaimer - i am not knowledgable enough to have my own opinion on this subject, so I am just posting someone else's.
1 - secure the border - what's the point of screening grandma at the airport if we can't even secure our borders? national security is a joke if just anybody can get into the country.
2 - raise immigration quotas - make them higher than the current quotas, but still less than the current sum of legals + illegals. why? ask my friend - he had a good reason but i forget.
3 - all current illegal immigrants are already here and this is their home so we shouldn't deport them - this is their home. grant amnesty to these immmigrant families, but do so on the condition that they take a course on american history/government and English language. Help them integrate into society and become legal residents/citizens.
4 - eliminate minimum wage, let the free market determine who comes here and who doesn't.
I probably didn't do my friend justice in describing his points, but i got them out there. I welcome any and all of you to leave remarks on comments - my friend reads this blog occasionally and may respond.
Comments (1)
Your friend's fourth suggestion will ruin the american economy.Given the fact that Americans are not as academically oriented as Indians or Chinese (who will be happy to work at lower salaries because still they would be making much more than what they would have in their home countries), high paying jobs in software, high-tech, finance will go to Indians and Chinese. Though it will help the companies as they will immensely benefit from the quality of their new employees and also the money the will save in salaries. I am working for a well known software company in India and most of my clients are Americans and when I talk to them about the systems, I feel I am five times better and efficient than them. It is altogether different thing that they earn five times more than me. I hope this gives you the picture.
Posted by Praveen | June 22, 2006 5:15 AM
Posted on June 22, 2006 05:15