Art of Conservatism—DACA and the Economy
December 31, 2017
DACA (which,
if you don’t already know, stands for Deferred Action for Child Arrivals) is
that pain-in-the-craw policy, foisted on We the People by President Obama
himself as one of his odious ‘Executive Orders’, to keep the so-called “Dreamers”,
that is, those children of illegal immigrants who were born in this country, living
here with the aim of later making them citizens who would like vote Left. It
has been a major bone of contention between the Left and the Right for several
years. It is something that President Trump campaigned against in 2016, and one
of the issues which, I believe, helped to get him elected.
Now, to be sure, many of these ‘Dreamers’,
have a point to their argument for citizenship.
Many have neither seen the country of their parents’ origin, nor are the
even fully aware of the culture or even the language of said COO. Many of them
have joined the military and distinguished themselves proudly. Many of them are
in, or have graduated from college, and are starting careers. What point is it,
the Left argues, to send them back to a place in which they never have
culturally fit, from a place where they’ve grown up and known all their lives?
The hope of the Left is, of course, that all these DACA kids are going to vote ‘their
way’, thus perpetuating Democrat/Socialist power forever.
Well now, let’s just hold the phone
a minute. There’s an Elephant in the Room here, and the Left is ignoring it. It’s
the Economy, Stupid!!! This is the most uproaringly robust economy in who knows
when? Unemployment is the lowest among blacks, Latinos, and teenagers in recent
memory. So, and at the risk of insulting some intelligences here, let me
translate that----WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF WORKERS! Now, folks, what does that
mean? Let me spell it out for you---INFLATION!
High demand for workers coupled with a low supply of workers equals what
it equals for every other commodity: higher wages. Since wages are a necessary cost of doing business, that drives the prices of
whatever—anything—up. Way up. As a for instance, in the State of Wisconsin, the
government there is saying, right now, that there are 40,000 more jobs in the
state, right now, as we turn the
corner into 2018, then there are people
to fill them. Can you imagine the competition for people that that means? Can
you say, highest bidder?
That being the case, then what’s
the point of getting rid of any able bodied workers, sending them ‘back home’,
when they are going to be needed here? Now, add this into the mix: President
Trump made a bold decision (in the eyes of many) in September of 2017, to put
the responsibility for the fate of The Dreamers into the lap of Congress, which
is where it belongs. He gave them six months to do something about the situation, as they should. If I were a
Congressman, Conservative though I am, I would come up with a way, some way to
determine, on a case by case basis, which of those Dreamers either have the job
skills, or can be trained in them, to fill the positions which are needed by
employers in today’s economy. Competency in the English language would be
required. (Sorry, Leftist, but that must be part of the deal.) Then, for each
one of them, I would set them, and only them, on that pathway to
Citizenship. Those Dreamers who have served in the Military would be first in
line, period. Then I would set those who have, or are working on, College
Degrees in something meaningful, such
as Engineering, Science, Math, the Medical Professions, even as Psychologists.
Then, I’d see to it that the word got out that those, born in this Country, of
Illegals, who have thus earned their way into this society, would be put into
line for Citizenship. Those who didn’t pass muster, well, they would be put on
their way to Deportation. But you know what? I’ll bet that the vast majority of
those ‘Dreamers’ will be able to ‘make the grade’, since they’re already half
assimilated into the culture. This also
puts on notice those who don’t wish
to assimilate, that the door also swings the other way as well.
And, I’m going to make a little
prediction to you. Once there really is full employment, and those who are
willing to work are doing it, I’m betting that the bray of the Left, in their
promise of “something for nothing”, in return for their power over our
lives---well, that’s going to recede. I’m not promising Utopia here, but once
folks get the idea that the good life comes from working for it, the unkept
promises of Left will fall on more and more deaf ears, and those that made them
will be lose the power they’ve so sought, will slip away from them.
But in closing, I’m also going to
say that, unless we give serious consideration to the inclusion of the Dreamers
into this Country’s economic melting pot, then the inflation which will surely
follow will be more fuel for the Left to inflame passions which don’t need
inflaming. Just sayin’……
For Art of Conservatism, I’m Art
Reis.
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