Associated Press
Updated: 6:11 p.m. ET April 4, 2006
WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain threatened Tuesday to cut short a speech to union leaders who booed his immigration views and later challenged his statements on organized labor and the Iraq war.
“If you like, I will leave,” McCain told the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Department, pivoting briefly from the lectern. He returned to the microphone after the crowd quieted. (Read More)
---- I used to like Senator Mccain, but now I see that he’s just like any other proponent of the Iron Law of Wages.
He’s not a candidate that I can endourse in good conscience.
posted by Van at 11:13 AM
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Bill I tend to agree with you, especially after seeing him (JMccain) in a photo opp with Jerry Falwell of Liberty University.
My question is:
How far are they willing to go? The open borders crowd that is. Should we let anyone who wants to come here in? or as Bush put it once, "let every willing worker find a willing employer"?
When is enough enough. There are over 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. That's almost the size of N.Y.. Do we really need a guest worker program if we are going to legalize all of these people?
Scott.
"McCain is in full suck up mode to the far right. He should not be surprised at his reception from the AFL-CIO."
Well then he is in trouble. Most of us are quite dismayed by his actions. So if you think he is looking to the far right, well "he be in trouble!"
If you are worried about him getting elected thanks to the "vast right-wing conspiracy" you can sleep in peace at night Bill.
The AFL-CIO?
The Labor Movement has sold out the workers in this country!
GATT was expanded in 1991 through Tip O'Neill's Congress and NAFTA passed in January of 1994 with a Democrat in the WH and both houses of Congress in Democratic hands.
There's been NO/ZERO support among Democrats for "closing off our borders" and controlling immigration.
BOTH Parties have been disastrous on this score. The Moderate/Country Club Republicans want cheap labor and many in the Democartic Party envision cheap votes...both are undermining the American Middle Class, the backbone of this country for short-sighted, short-term gain.
ALL wages are subject to the law of Supply & Demand, because Labor, like wood, or steel, or any other commodity, is marketed according to those market principles.
Mundane, or "low skilled" jobs that can be done by virtually anyone are generally less valuable than jobs that rely on rare, dangerous or harder to master skills are generally rewarded far more.
Massive immigration, whether it's legal or illegal, puts a persistent downward pressure on ALL wage rates, effecting wages for common or low skilled work first and with the greatest impact.
JMK - You are so right my friend.
You wrote:
"GATT was expanded in 1991 through Tip O'Neill's Congress and NAFTA passed in January of 1994 with a Democrat in the WH and both houses of Congress in Democratic hands.
There's been NO/ZERO support among Democrats for "closing off our borders" and controlling immigration"
Where have our parties gone?
I work in the IT field - I have a well paying occupation. But in the last 5 years, I've been outsourced twice. Once in-border and once offshore.
Both jobs paid well, both jobs were outsourced for cheaper labor. Ironically, both companies have insourced again because of poor quality - that may be tipping point, we'll see in a decade or so.
Now I work for a college, for much less pay but a lot of security, benefits and time off. I made the sacrifice so that my family will have a little more security and Dad will be home more often.
But the Democrats are mostly idle on the issue of Outsourcing/Offshoring.
My friend, these are not low paying jobs we're losing. And most of us in this field have a lot of education.
It's a sad state of affairs.
There are few jobs that cannot be outsourced or insourced (by that I mean using visas to import cheap labor) So where will this end?
People are starting to wake up to this, I think.
But the differential between those who are affected and those who are not affected by outsourcing is not high enough yet to become relevant to most people. Give this scheme a few more years and it will resonate with as much volume as the immigration issue is today- they are practically one and the same.
Both issues are elements of the Iron Law of Wages.
Thanks for your comments, you're always welcome here.
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