Yeah, we wouldn't want "highly-skilled and highly-educated" immigrants. I want unskilled farm laborers and illegal criminals only.
It depends on what the definition of "highly-skilled and highly-educated" is, isn't it? When "five of the top 10 were Indian outsourcers" then the H1b program is not doing a whole lot for us, is it? We don't need 65,000 H1b visas a year let alone more.
Right. It's bad for American citizens in IT. Good for corporations that want cheap labor. Huckabee does nothing for me. Waste of time. Not sure why people like him, other than wanting to get rid of the IRS or-probably more importantly in Iowa-his minister status/religion. I hope he doesn't get elected.
Not exactly. That is more like, 'What would Fidel Castro do?'. Or rather, 'What Fidel Castro did...' Wow! That is crazy. Maybe Huckabee is the communist candidate after all.
If you think attracting the World's best and brightest is bad for America you are delusional. As for H1B visas driving down the cost of labor, these people are filling the highest paying jobs.
FYP. That's afterall what the Evangelicals would love to do whoever does not meet their religious agenda.
It is? How many evangelicals do you know? Say rather, it is what a few fundamentalists who are a very loud minority among evangelicals would love to do to whoever does not meet their religious agenda.
These recent stories will hurt him with the liberals who seem (inexplicably!!!) not to mind him too much, but weren't going to vote for him in the first place. I don't think gay bashing hurts very much in the Republican primaries, though it is a bit harmful for the general election.
Actually, no. From wikipedia, “DOL has split the prevailing wage into four levels, with Level One representing about the 17th percentile of wage average Americans earn - and about 80% of LCA are filed at this 17th percentile level. This four level prevailing wage can be obtained the DOL website, [17] and is generally far lower than average wages.” Four out of five H1-B visa holders are paid level one wages. Here is a histogram showing the wages of H1-B visa workers compared to the rest of workers. www.cis.org/articles/2005/back138.gif Correct me if I’m wrong but if the supply is so short the wages should be much higher. Again, there’s one way to fix this H1-B mess. Have employers bid for H1-B visas and let the people on H1-B visas freely change jobs. I’m sure we’ll quickly find that the H1-B workers aren’t nearly as valuable as employers claim.
Fine, make it a bidding process. And if we're so concerned about Indian outsourcing re-impose "Nation of Origin" quotas. I simply refuse to believe our immigration crisis is caused by too many smart people coming to our shores.
So does this guy have 'I Heart Huckabee' campaign buttons yet? Because I am totally up for one of those.
Mike Huckabee. http://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/jonesboro/afhuckabee08.asp "The reason we have so much government is because we have so much broken humanity," he said. "And the reason we have so much broken humanity is because sin reigns in the hearts and lives of human beings instead of the Savior." .... "Government knows it does not have the answer, but it's arrogant and acts as though it does," Huckabee said. "Church does have the answer but will cowardly deny that it does and wonder when the world will be changed." .... "I didn't get into politics because I thought government had a better answer. I got into politics because I knew government didn't have the real answers, that the real answers lie in accepting Jesus Christ into our lives." Hey folks, the solution to everything is simple. Jesus Christ.
Right there is why I think his campaign has peaked. The novelty and the likability will wear off, and this kind of talk will bring people to their senses.
GWB is President. Karl Rove has had a successful career manipulating stupid Americans to vote for his candidates. So IMO you can't underestimate the stupidity of the American voter.
Come to their senses about what? This sounds like things Jimmy Carter could easily have implied, while at the same time appealing to the Ronald Reagan government is the problem not the answer themes. If Huchabee gets on a roll, he could have the Republican base locked up and excited going into the general election. I am certainly not of the same religous stripe as Huckabee, but I don't think genuine religous convictions disqualify somone from being a good president, and I think an overwhelming majority of people believe that personal responsibility, whether it is because of your belief in Jesus Christ, or Mohamad, or just a belief in your responsibility to humanity can solve problems much better than government can. Part of what bothered me about Romney was he didn't seem to be genuine and was willing to say whatever he thought he needed to to get elected. Edit to say what Carter Would have "implied", instead of what he would have "said" Carter would never have been so "christian" but he would imply it by talking about "faith" and "church"
Before you stand behind this statement, you may want to consider that Denilson got in on just such a visa.
Yes he does. http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=808 it has taken a war, and the prospect of more, to highlight a central fact: this president—this presidency—is the most resolutely “faith-based” in modern times, an enterprise founded, supported and guided by trust in the temporal and spiritual power of God. Money matters, as does military might. But the Bush administration is dedicated to the idea that there is an answer to societal problems here and to terrorism abroad: give everyone, everywhere, the freedom to find God, too. ... Bible-believing Christians are Bush’s strongest backers, and turning them out next year in even greater numbers is the top priority of the president’s political adviser Karl Rove. From his inauguration speech. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/01/20050120-1.html The rulers of outlaw regimes can know that we still believe as Abraham Lincoln did: "Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it." and... http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa012901a.htm In a first executive order, Bush created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
I agree. He's the flavor of the month. He will quickly fade back to where he was before this little tidal wave of excitement.
Even if he's the flavor of the month, December before the Iowa primary is a pretty damn good month to be the flavor of. If he wins Iowa (and he's got a 22 point lead in the latest Newsweek poll), then he gets a bunch of good press, which probably won't help him in NH but could in SC. He does that and he pretty much kills Romney's campaign and consolidates the evangelical vote, which gives him a very powerful position on Feb 5, especially if McCain comes back and wins NH, making it a 3 person race with Giuliani, but with only one plausible social conservative. You can win this nomination being the flavor of the month.
Which is pathetic. One, it means Americans go with who's popular at the time, not necessarily the best candidate. Second, it means if Iowa says this is a good guy, people are like sheep. They vote for him too. It's amazing when you think about it-the smallest states in the US determine who wins, because too many voters can't think for themselves, and fall into the "sheep" mentality/Monkey See, Monkey Do. I mean, Florida, New York, Texas, Illinois, and California haven't even VOTED yet, and yet the candidate is clear. And don't tell me Iowa represent the US. If they can vote for Mike Huckabee, who says the solution to everything is Jesus, they don't represent the rest of the country.