Donald Trump
Donald Trump can be really tough to take. He’s
pompous, bombastic and incessantly self-congratulatory, but he also often
confirms a lot of inconvenient, even ugly truths, as he did in speaking about
illegal immigration from Mexico recently; “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not
sending their best...They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and
they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re
bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
All of that is (mostly) true, despite its clumsy,
ham-handed wording. (http://variety.com/…/nbc-donald-trump-immigrants-1201530568/)
An awful lot of drugs, as well as many criminals do cross that border every
year. HOWEVER, the PRIMARY problem with illegal
immigration from our southern border ISN’T
the drugs and crime (although those ARE
serious problems), BUT the migrant
workers themselves.
To be sure, the vast majority of the illegal,
migrant workers that cross our southern border are desperately poor people,
looking to earn a little money to help fund a little better life. That's
completely understandable, UNFORTUNATELY,
that amounts to "In-Sourcing" - companies bringing in cheaper labor
that undercuts American wage rates and lowers the wage floor across the U.S..
The Spanish language station Univision had previously canceled Trump’s “Miss USA” pageant. Mr.
Trump, no fan of subtlety, subsequently sent Univision a strongly worded letter
in response. Yahoo News reported, “Broadcast
Company Univision announced Thursday it would not simulcast the pageant on its
Spanish language channel, UniMas.
Then Trump sent a letter to the company’s CEO on Friday, barring its employees
from stepping onto his Miami golf course and country club, which are adjacent
to Univision’s headquarters.
“Trump
reportedly added a rather ominous P.S. to the typed letter:
“Please congratulate your Mexican government officials for having made such outstanding trade deals with the United States. However, inform them that should I become President, those days are over. We are bringing jobs back to the U.S. Also, a meaningful border will be immediately created, not the laughingstock that currently exists.” Trump wrote.” (http://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-taking-toys-going-home-1…)
NBC,
which had already severed ties with Trump due to his announced candidacy for POTUS, used those indelicately worded
charges to sever all ties with Trump (allegedly) permanently, in issuing a
statement; “Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding
immigrants, NBC Universal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump.
At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values.”
That last line sounds great, but it is anything but,
for with that stance, NBC merely amplified the Corporatist anti-working-class
American viewpoint.
Again, illegal immigration amounts to “In-Sourcing”
(bringing in cheaper labor to undercut American workers and lower the American
wage floor). Big business LOVES that, because it LOVES cheap labor. Trump
apparently DOES NOT like that, because the real estate market relies upon
Americans being able to afford new homes. Cheap labor does not do much to help
real estate developers.
There are TWO
ways to directly attack American workers and by extension, the American middle
class. The first is through “Out-Sourcing,”
moving factories and businesses overseas where taxes and wage rates are much LOWER. The other is “In-Sourcing,” bringing the cheaper
labor into this country. Of the two, In-Sourcing
is much, MUCH, more cost effective
(cheaper). BOTH are equally damaging
to American workers.
THAT
is the ONLY issue surrounding
illegal immigration – “In-Sourcing.”
And “In-Sourcing” harms all working
Americans. There is no other issue, there is no other rationalization for
illegal immigration.
It has ALWAYS
been an “illegal employer problem,” NOT “an illegal worker/immigrant
problem.”
On this issue, NBC stands squarely with the
Corporate entities, of which it is one, and very much AGAINST working Americans.
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