March 13, 2006
Immigration Concern
Carlos Mencia, in a special on The Comedy Channel, makes a good point about immigration that some of the "enforcement-first" crowd around here may have ignored.
"They're going to kick all the Mexicans out, then build a wall so they can't return," explains Mencia. "But who's going to build the wall?"
We could sub it out. Halliburton!
Posted by: AlexC at March 13, 2006 5:12 PMI hear there's a company out there no longer in the ports business. Maybe they do fences?
This whole "Americans won't do those jobs" thing really pisses me off. Make the kids buy their OWN video games and they'll start mowing lawns and shoveling snow again. Stop the entitlement pablum and just watch the lines at the job centers queue up.
Besides, we can always pay the illegals to build the wall on their way out. You think they're going to turn down the greenbacks?
Posted by: johngalt at March 14, 2006 4:01 PMUmm. Joke, guys, joke.
Besides, Mencia beat you to it. He said "Have them build it, then suggest they check out the other side to make sure it is level -- then you can lock the gate while they’re out!"
Yet I must engage. It's not about whether or not the work will be done, it is about comparative advantage. We are richer when we provide that work to somebody else.
Posted by: jk at March 14, 2006 5:38 PM | What do you think? [3]