Sunday, September 24th, 2006...7:37 am
A Modest Proposal, with Appologies to Jonathan Swift
So, my brilliant mind has concieved of a solution to our state’s difficulties. It splits the difference between, say, Greg Patterson and Daniel Patterson. It is simple and elegant.
We on the left are concerned about the strain on our resources from unchecked suburban sprawl. The right is concerned about the number of illegal migrants moving in to our communities. Add all this to the fact that homebuilders claim that they need those illegal workers to build all of these new houses.
Here is my solution: one of you on the right propose an immediate two-year moratorium on building new houses, and we’ll go along (I can claim this because I am a tribune of the left, right?). I know it isn’t as sexy as sheriff’s deputies fruitlessly chasing migrants in the desert or building a fence and whatever other Stalag 17 inspired ideas are out there, but it would dry up the demand for illegal labor.
I know this would mean taking on some big time Republican contributors, but that’s a small price to play for freedom and a democratic Iraq. Some of my friends on the left think that Republicans don’t want to go after the employers because of those contributions and that those employers like being able to hang the sword of deportation over the heads of exploited illegal workers, but that is just cynicism. Every last politician using the immigration issue is not appealing to racism, in fact they care about the illegal migrants. That’s why they call them all those nasty names and talk about being at war with them. They only want to help, I am here to offer them a chance.
But, alas, there is a tendency among our political leadership not to recognize my perspicacity. I guess that is just a cross I have to bear.
3 Comments
September 24th, 2006 at 9:37 am
Ted,
How about implementing a verification system so that employers could confirm employment eligibility with certainty. Then market forces would compel the builders to pay workers a livable wage. Maybe high schools could even develop more vocational programs so students would have a reason to not drop out. If there was a decent job awaiting them as a direct result of what they learned in school they might be more motivated.
No, wouldn’t work. Makes too much sense.
September 24th, 2006 at 10:09 am
Yeah, I know…makes too much sense. Kind of sounds like a legislative candidate I knew once.
September 24th, 2006 at 11:34 am
Sensible policy is for those countries with sensible people.
One day there may be such a country but until then…
Leave a Reply