This is not the man you want comprehensively reforming immigration. Dividing work into skilled jobs fit for Americans and unskilled jobs unfit for Americans is certainly one logical reaction to the increasing returns to smarts and skills in our economy. But, as Krikorian notes, it's a reaction that would alter America's essential self-conception. Democrats complain about the inegalitarian effect of various Republican tax cuts, but that's a minor and superficial inequality compared to formalizing the snobbery of the skilled.
Rove's son, the sequel
Monday February 12, 2007
Now that the White House has confirmed Karl Rove's impolitic remark the other day -- "I don’t want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas" -- Mickey Kaus calls it "Gaffe of the Year." Kaus:
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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Well, I wish some of those elitists' kids would actually have to do some hard work instead of having everything given to them on a silver platter. They might appreciate those of us who sweated and worked in factories to get through college. It might make them appreciate the maid who spends 8-12 hours on her feet to put food on the table for her family. It's pretty sickening that Rove would say something like that. You can blame me, I voted for Bush twice, but some of his people...
Equality is only for people who cannot manage to get into an elite.
I am reminded by a song by Tom Lehrer about (then) Senator George Murphy (A former song and dance man). Permit me to quote one stanza: "The movies that you've seen On your television screen Show his legislative talents at a glance. Should Americans pick crops? George says "No, 'Cause no one but a Mexican would stoop so low." And after all, even in Egypt, the pharaohs Had to import Hebrew braceros" If you want to read the entire song,
http://www.casualhacker.net/tom.lehrer/the_year.html Ah, Tom Lehrer. I miss him.
Rod: "Democrats complain about the inegalitarian effect of various Republican tax cuts, but that's a minor and superficial inequality compared to formalizing the snobbery of the skilled." Who says so? Rod? Well it must be the case. Somehow in reading your post on this subject, Rod, I get the impression that you would argue ANYTHING to try to derail immigration reform. Hearing you lament inequality after you initially supported these people is laughable. Keep up the pretense, Rod it fits you well.
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