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Posted by Mike 2008-01-26 09:23|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Superior snark. :-D

Wonder if we could contact the reader (through Mike at National Review) and invite her/him to join us at Rantburg?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-26 09:57|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-26 09:57|| Front Page Top

#2 I have no personal relationship with NR, Barb. I just know a good snark when I see one.

Posted by Mike 2008-01-26 10:16|| 2008-01-26 10:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry, Mike - didn't mean you.

The writer at the NR who posted the letter from the reader is also named Mike. Didn't mean to confuse the two. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-26 10:21|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-26 10:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Better yet, after learning of the "two Americas", the illegals would opt to stay at the prosperous one - John Edwards house.

Posted by DMFD 2008-01-26 12:12|| 2008-01-26 12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 That's a great idea, DFMD.

Bet we could clean up standing around the border selling maps to Edwards' house (kinda like those maps to the stars' homes that are sold around Hollyweird). :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-26 16:30|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-26 16:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the Arizona model across the border would be a great idea. It really has had an impact on illegal immigration there already. Couple that with the planned Social Security review planned by US DHS in March and employer sanctions, and you get a very powerful stimulus for the 12-15 million illegals here to self-deport. Once that happens, really close the border, and then determine who comes in based on the real employee needs of our businesses. Pay a decent wage, and use tarriffs and tax incentives to encourage US business to buy American. Finally, stop allowing US corporations to go multi-national and export the profit offshore, and you get a national prosperity turn around.

How hard is this to articulate as a policy for the presidential candidates?

Posted by NoMoreBS">NoMoreBS 2008-01-26 17:37|| 2008-01-26 17:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Tariffs, wage controls set by the government, penalise corporations who expand overseas - look out Old Europe!

Posted by Albemarle Cleaque8456 2008-01-26 19:47|| 2008-01-26 19:47|| Front Page Top

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