Bush can't have it both ways - 2257

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Originally Posted by RawAlex

If anyone was serious about immigration, they would in major force busting the day laborers and whatnot and hustling the people who hire them until the market place dries up. Take the economic incentives away, and the problem will shrink.

Maybe it's because I've lived in California all my life, but wouldn't it be self-defeating to take away economic incentives? I mean, sure, we can make it economically harder for the immigrants... but we'd just be fucking with our own local economies in the meantime.

Originally Posted by Tommy

the same argument was made for slavery but instead of picking fruit they were picking cotton

I'm not sure I understand you Tommy, but which argument was that? Cuz it seems to me the problem isn't that people living in poverse conditions are unable to find a way up... it's that they've found one that's beneficial for many, though still illegal.