tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460674773445742325.post6139627001160844941..comments2024-02-13T05:40:02.459-06:00Comments on Alternative Tulsa: When Pigs Fly: President Tom TancredoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460674773445742325.post-6647633282454638432007-09-08T11:10:00.000-06:002007-09-08T11:10:00.000-06:00Speaking last night in Luther, Okla....How bizarre...<I>Speaking last night in Luther, Okla....</I><BR/><BR/>How bizarre. I drive past Luther on a regular basis. It is a flyspeck. I wonder if both citizens attended.<BR/><BR/><I>...many mainstream conservatives...depend on cheap labor and seasonal (read: illegal) workers to get the jobs done at their factories and farms.</I><BR/><BR/>Agreed. This is a huge problem, though I have an awfully hard time calling such people real conservatives. I think a real conservative has more respect for the integrity of his country's borders.<BR/><BR/><I>If we follow Tancredo's ideas, we can look forward to...a shortage of manual laborers, roofers, meat packers, and agricultural workers...</I><BR/><BR/>I strongly question this. I <I>do</I> think that the aforementioned <I>cheap labor</I> is going to be in short supply, but I don't necessarily think that means those jobs are going to go begging. I think what you will see is increasing wages, and more investment in labor-saving machinery. <BR/><BR/>One of the things that has consistently irked me about President Bush has been his perpetual invocation of the "jobs Americans won't do" mantra. There are no such jobs. There are jobs that Americans won't do for low pay and no benefits, though, and the presence of large numbers of illegals whom unscrupulous employers can freely underpay and overwork means that such jobs exist in far greater numbers than they otherwise would.Savage Baptisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366893048089380061noreply@blogger.com