No, the problem isn’t the jobs that are available for immigrants in the U.S. The problems are the tax-funded welfare and social services that attract many people into the country. --- ignorance demonstrated
upholding immigration laws is necessary On Jun 2, 7:26 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Repeal Socialism in Immigration, Employment, and Drugsby Scott > LazarowitzRecent events regarding the issue of immigration have given more > reasons to undo all the immoral socialist policies that have put America into > turmoil. > Lew Rockwellwrites this weekon the Obama Administration's crackdown on > businesses who hire "illegal" immigrants. According to theNew York Times, > federal immigration officials raided 14 Chuy’s Restaurants in Arizona and > California, arresting not immigrant workers but the owners of the businesses. > Of course, those familiar with Barack Obama’s past sympathies with "illegal" > immigration might find bizarre his wanting to actually crack down on > businesses hiring "illegals," given how beneficial such a voting bloc would > be for Obama’s party, the Democrats. On the other hand, Obama seems to want > more socialist government control over businesses and their relationships > with employees. And, as Rockwellnotes,Socialist ideology plays a role here, > and another authoritarian anti-market ideology, protectionism. But…The unions > hate any employee who works for the going market wage…You can see, then, that > this crack down has nothing to do with nationalism or racialism or securing > the borders or anything else. It is all about bolstering the power of the > state and its unions over the American economy, and making the rest of us > poorer.The supposedly "pro-business" conservatives support laws punishing > businessmen for employing "undocumented workers," and those laws wererecently > upheldby the U.S. Supreme Court. > The problem with today’s immigration and border control hysteria is that > Americans are going after the wrong people. The problems are not caused by > the immigrant workers or those Americans who are hiring them. It is the other > socialist controls – the Drug War, mainly – that is the problem, and is > causing many people in Arizona and other border states to be victimized and > terrorized. > Future of Freedom Foundation President Jacob Hornberger haswrittenon the > destructive nature of socialist central planning in immigration and labor:As > Mises, Hayek, and the Austrians showed long ago, central planning can never > succeed because the planner can never possess the requisite knowledge to > centrally plan a complex market, especially one as complex as an > international labor market. All the planner inevitably does is produce chaos, > distortions, and perversions into the market process…(The free market) > doesn’t rely on central planners. Instead, it simply uses the price system to > enable people to coordinate their activities with others. Farm workers needed > in Wyoming? The price of labor goes up. Mexican workers learn of the wage > increase and immediately travel to Wyoming to earn the money. No central > planner, but instead people planning and coordinating their own > lives.Apparently, the conservatives support central planning socialist > government intrusions in employment matters that should be the right of > businesses to control. We have seen that recently in New > Hampshire’sproposed"right to work" law, in which the conservatives do not > really support the right of businesses to control their employment matters. > Unfortunately, some people just seem to think that the State owns both the > people who currently live and work in the U.S., as well as those who wish to > come here to live and work. > Some questions to ask are: Who owns a business? And who owns the contract > between employers and employees? And who owns the life of an individual who > wants to work at a job that is available? > Here are my answers: The business is owned by the one who purchased it or > built it up from one’s own assets or capital. It is not owned or even > partially co-owned by the State, by the community, the neighborhood or by > others who did not contribute capital to the business and participate in a > voluntarily-agreed-upon contract of ownership with the actual owner. > Therefore, economically and morally, the control over the business and every > aspect of it is solely that of the owner(s). Any law or ordinance, regulation > or mandate, regarding how the owner deals with one’s business or employment > contracts, is a property intrusion – a trespass by the State – and is in > violation of the businessman’s right of sovereignty over one’s business. > And the contract between employer and employee and the terms of the contract > are morally and economically the property of and under the sole control of > the employer and employee by voluntary agreement, and no one else. Those > matters are no one else’s business. Any intrusions by laws, regulations, or > mandates by the government are trespasses, and should be forbidden. > And that brings me to the AmericanDeclaration of Independence. In the > Declaration, Thomas Jefferson wrote that "all men are created equal, that > they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among > these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." > Each individual has an inalienable, inherent right of ownership of one’s own > life, person, labor and justly-owned property, and pursuit of happiness, and > the right to be free from the aggression against one’s life by others, > including agents of the State. With the right to life and the right to > sustain one’s life, each individual has a right to trade his labor with > others for a compensation or good in return for such labor, within a > voluntary and mutually-agreed-upon contract, as long as one is peaceful and > does not interfere with any other individual’s equal right. > Here is where we lose the conservatives. The Declaration of Independence does > not state that such rights apply to "only Americans." No, such rights are > inherent in all of us, regardless of where we are on Earth. Unfortunately, > some people do not believe that non-"American citizens" possess such rights. > Here is an example of a Mexican who is in need of work, and can’t find a job > or get hired in Mexico but does find a job and gets hired at a business in > Arizona. Now, as we saw in the Obama regime’s raids at the Chuy’s Restaurants > in Arizona and California, some people apparently do not believe that the > Mexican here should be permitted by the U.S. government to work at the > American restaurant, even though the owners of the business voluntarily hired > him and are satisfied with his work, and the happily-paying customers enjoy > their food there. > So, who is it exactly that owns the Chuy’s Restaurant in Arizona? Is it the > government? In that case, then I suppose it is the government’s right to > control the employment status of that business. But if the ownership of the > restaurant is of the businessman himself, and not in partnership with the > community or with the government, then shouldn’t the businessman have the > sole authority over the business, including who works there and who does not? > Should his right to decide what’s best for his business and his customers be > trespassed by others, including the State? > And does not the individual in Mexico have a God-given right to sell his > labor to a voluntarily-contracting employer for a mutually-agreed-upon wage, > so the individual can sustain his life and provide for his family? If one > believes in the truly moral right of self-ownership, then one must answer > yes, because all individuals have a right to work, including Mexicans, and > including businessmen who must provide for themselves and their families. > Now, just where do the other members of the Arizona community or the federal > government get such authority over the contract between the Mexican worker > and the American businessman? TheU.S. Constitution? But, as referred to in > the Declaration of Independence, all people have a right to life, liberty and > the pursuit of happiness. > But if one is saying that the community or the State shares in the ownership > of the business with the business owner, then one must say that, really, the > State is the true ultimate owner, because the State out-powers the > businessman, and the community or the collective also are the ultimate owners > because they outnumber the individual. > Unfortunately, in the socialist conservatives and statists’ belief that the > government should prevent non-"American citizens" from entering the U.S., > they are really advocating that the government should control labor and > employment, and that individuals do not really have sole sovereignty > ownership of their lives and that someone’s business is really co-owned by > the community and the State. > I know that conservatives and others are concerned about increased crime > rates because of "illegal" immigration, especially from the Mexican border. > But in their control-freakish hysteria they are neglecting the real problems > that need to be addressed: No, the problem isn’t the jobs that are available > for immigrants in the U.S. The problems are the tax-funded welfare and social > services that attract many people into the country. An even worse problem is > the War on Drugs – which many conservatives also support, because they > believe in a Nanny Police State, in which we need government officials to > decide for us what chemicals we may or may not ingest into our own bodies. > Like the 1920s Prohibition against alcohol, the current War on Drugs causes > black markets, incentivizing the pushing and trafficking of drugs for huge > profits, the corrupting of the police, and the terrorizing of innocent > Mexicans and Americans by drug cartel criminals as well as corrupt government > criminals. > Instead of repealing drug control socialism and welfare socialism, and thus > removing all the problems those policies cause, too many misguided Americans > like the conservatives call for more socialism in immigration, and in turn > more restrictions on individuals’ and businessmen’s right to work and do > business, more restrictions on everyone’s freedom of movement and right to > travel (and the right to not be searched and asked, "Your papers, please"). > As we have seenyears agoin the U.S. government’s using immigration central > planning to turn away Jews attempting to escape from Nazi Germany, and more > recently in the U.S. government’s prevention of Americans fromleavingthe > U.S., the more control we allow governments to have over the people, > including their right to travel and right to work and do business, and the > more power of intrusion we give to the government-monopolized police, the > less freedom, security and prosperity we will have. > We must repeal each and every socialist control over our lives and > businesses, and that includes not only the drug war, but central planning in > immigration and labor.http://lewrockwell.com/lazarowitz/lazarowitz25.1.html -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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