tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post2706451163893544847..comments2024-03-28T13:47:08.047-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : The Free Market is Not a Suicide PactDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-30166666899117618472015-04-26T19:51:09.437-04:002015-04-26T19:51:09.437-04:00http://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-walkers-labor-ec...http://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-walkers-labor-economics-1429915810Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-18481971157510137642015-04-26T18:08:57.427-04:002015-04-26T18:08:57.427-04:00Just wondering if today’s illegals who will do wha...Just wondering if today’s illegals who will do whatever job for whatever pay offered will want better wages once they are ‘legal’? If so, does that mean we bring in more illegals to do the jobs the first two groups won’t? Simple logic seems to be missing in action here.meemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104303592278897991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-51224557106036167742015-04-25T15:34:03.809-04:002015-04-25T15:34:03.809-04:00What seems apparent to me is that most Republicans...What seems apparent to me is that most Republicans in the Washington establishment are not ideologues. They have no particular agenda on a social level and are doing what they can to stay in office. So they give this stuff a pass if it is the easiest thing to do. Perhaps it is no longer worth while voting Republican even as a protest against Democrats. Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858734208780946905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20973186046967440012015-04-24T21:36:04.715-04:002015-04-24T21:36:04.715-04:00On the wall of low income support of dems, I don&#...On the wall of low income support of dems, I don't get so excited about that these days; I'm struggling to see any significant polar difference between the 2 parties. Today's republicans would be called democrats 20 years back.<br /><br />On the idea of defending freedom, it seems that everybody has outsourced their lives. The concept "first responder" is an example. If you dare to step in to that role, and don't have the creds, you're in trouble. Yet the FRs can't / won't reliably do the job. All the while, we move along; somebody else will take care of this. Point: if you can't be motivated about your near-term survival, will you ever be motivated about your not-so-near-term freedom? Nope. - djrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-9568958208822316252015-04-24T21:32:09.281-04:002015-04-24T21:32:09.281-04:00“jobs Americans won’t do.” Why does Governor Walke...“jobs Americans won’t do.” Why does Governor Walker not take advantage such a statement. "Please come and perform tasks beneath Americans. Clean our toilets, toil in our fields, all at a below minimum wage, because, well, that is all you are good for. And please vote democrat". Blatant culturalism if not outright racism. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460814953576575842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-55686128384895676532015-04-24T15:37:32.592-04:002015-04-24T15:37:32.592-04:00To answer anon's very pointed question of who ...To answer anon's very pointed question of who pays for stabbings, shootings, and the rest of the mayhem in ER's everywhere, every weekend..You do.<br />Hospitals have been getting the Jose's and the Michael Browns' on Medicaid before they ever get to the ER, in a NY minute, for decades....you pay for that too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-74648412721662604492015-04-24T15:32:49.370-04:002015-04-24T15:32:49.370-04:00After a long career in public health, certain imag...After a long career in public health, certain images are never forgotten. One that occurred almost daily was watching an illegal woman push a stroller, It was a miracle of physics. One baby in the stroller, two toddlers hanging on to either side, another baby in a sling over her shoulders, and one in utero. This was almost a daily vision, even though it was always different women.<br />The children were unkempt, often infected with one virus or another, and almost totally silent, when they weren't crying. <br />In those days, I could add the cost to the state for all that fertility in my head in two seconds flat. Even Democrats would be appalled.<br /><br />sophieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-14376236924132996772015-04-24T14:33:12.105-04:002015-04-24T14:33:12.105-04:00Also: rights can inhere only in an individual huma...Also: rights can inhere only in an individual human being -- you are so right about that, and it's a point that's too seldom made.<br /><br />E.g., are you "free" if you're part of a group and compelled to act in concert with them? of course not. Is property "yours" if some government numpty can tell you whether you're "allowed" to keep it or not? well, no. <br /><br />My point about the American Party is that none of this is new. We erected a shining city on a hill, and the Looters of the world have always wanted to get in and strip it bare. Greed, covetousness, envy, resentment.<br /><br />One more thing: it's materialistic to the point of insanity to say, as "spokeswoman" Marie Harf (or was it Jen Psaki? same diff) that all the moslem fanatics in ISIS need is "jobs and economic opportunity." The Leftists call us materialistic -- but that is the only answer they have to any of the great metaphysical questions of life.<br /><br />Crazy. --GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-10291928420052964002015-04-24T14:27:21.896-04:002015-04-24T14:27:21.896-04:00We saw an earlier manifestation of this conflict i...We saw an earlier manifestation of this conflict in the American Party, founded in the 1840s to oppose unrestricted immigration of people with different cultural values (Protestant versus Catholic, and the Protestants had the massacres and persecutions by Catholicism of the past firmly in mind). They were originally clandestine (i.e., even in the 1840s, it wasn't PC to oppose immigration), so they were supposed to deny any knowledge of the organization, ergo, their opponents nicknamed them the "Know-Nothing Party." An early instance of "nativists" versus "swampers."<br /><br />The effort of the American Party was doomed, largely by the war between the states. I'm not too sanguine about our current situation.<br /><br />The Looters have tied America down and invited the rest of the world to gang-rape her, and that's what's happening with open borders, insanely lopsided "trade" agreements, corruption in high places, and no punishments for the Looters. <br /><br />But if America goes down for the count, where are free men and women going to go? --GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-63642491857601456662015-04-24T13:35:57.879-04:002015-04-24T13:35:57.879-04:00Joseph,
American work ethic varies regionally in ...Joseph,<br /><br />American work ethic varies regionally in America, at least I have found that to be so but where the work ethic is strong it is very strong. Yes many engineers are foreign born but so what. The issue is not your needs but the overall needs of the USA. This is about creating a functional, orderly country where people want to live. Somehow the Japanese have managed to create profitable car factories in the South, Silicon Valley grew, etc. It can be done and quite profitably. Immigration is only increasing welfare and not decreasing it. Shift jobs overseas at your own risk. They start out working in your business and then they become your competitors with their own governments subsidizing them. Your choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-48059030572856939292015-04-24T13:05:28.528-04:002015-04-24T13:05:28.528-04:00Daniel, you once again blow a big, nasty hole in t...Daniel, you once again blow a big, nasty hole in the idea that Libertarianism and the real world have anything to do with each other. Libertarian principles are fine, as general frameworks, but implementation of them in their purest form would be sheer lunacy. You point this out better than anyone else writing today.<br /><br />GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-44870359984223882132015-04-24T11:57:16.686-04:002015-04-24T11:57:16.686-04:00The degree to which people are rewarded not to wor...The degree to which people are rewarded not to work proves Joe is right. Ignorant people look-up to friends who live off the "system", and work black market, cash jobs, while taking all the welfare that is encouraged upon them by employees in the welfare system. California is an extreme example, where illegals, who bring their children in for free medical and dental care, are handed Government pamphlets that advise them of other "free" benefits that are waiting to be taken.<br />When added-up, they constitute a rich life that would amaze you and it encourages these "takers" to call their families and tell them to come, quickly.<br />The more benefits to hand out, the more "customers" there are, and the more Government workers and supervisors needed. Job security and advancement.<br />Regards,DenisOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-28262828701334979792015-04-24T11:43:04.602-04:002015-04-24T11:43:04.602-04:00Joseph Wein; Of course, the undocumented will work...Joseph Wein; Of course, the undocumented will work for the "wages offered" because they are desperate. They exist in a form of lower case slavery, constantly in fear, for ultimately they have, like slaves, no rights. You are correct that our welfare system needs to be curtailed but meanwhile those that hire undocumented or outsource jobs to save a buck should be honest enough to admit that ultimately they damage America Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-40127997379240599952015-04-24T09:53:17.127-04:002015-04-24T09:53:17.127-04:00Joseph, with all due respect, it's certainly o...Joseph, with all due respect, it's certainly odd that there are Americans who can run factories, but no Americans who can work in them, or that people from dysfunctional countries have a work ethic that Americans don't.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-51192849681596705102015-04-24T08:16:24.054-04:002015-04-24T08:16:24.054-04:00Daniel-
While I enjoy and agree with most of your ...Daniel-<br />While I enjoy and agree with most of your articles, I think you're incorrect by arguing that most immigrants take jobs away from Americans.<br /><br />As a factory owner, I can tell you that there is a huge cultural difference between American-born unskilled workers and immigrant unskilled workers. As long as our welfare culture thrives, we will have a substantial population of Americans who will not work at the wages offered. Immigrants are merely taking the jobs left fallow by Americans.<br /><br />On the other end of the spectrum, I am also an engineer, and have used the H1B visa program. While we produce large numbers of engineers and scientists in America, a distressing number of them are foreign born. And those jobs are extremely portable. Do you think that coding can be done more easily in Palo Alto than in Kiev? Don't believe it for a minute. I am currently running a web site with a programmer in Ukraine and a social media person in the Philippines. Make H1B visas difficult, and you'll simply shift entire businesses overseas.<br /><br />Keep up the good work - your articles are provocative, insightful, and compelling.<br /><br />Warmly,<br />JoeJoseph Weinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-10161134376400974782015-04-24T08:04:25.563-04:002015-04-24T08:04:25.563-04:00Knish, illegal immigration is an issue because, it...Knish, illegal immigration is an issue because, it's, well, illegal! We are (were) a nation of law. Legal immigration has worked wonderfully well because those who wanted to emigrate really were the best and brightest, those with ambition and courage who left the familiar and came here to live in freedom. The success stories are endless and heartwarming.<br /><br />All gone now.<br /><br />Do you really think there's a chance that we're not rushing headlong into another Dark Ages? I don't think there's any chance it can be avoided.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20566636580660961662015-04-24T05:40:13.851-04:002015-04-24T05:40:13.851-04:00Global "free market"?. What chance do Am...Global "free market"?. What chance do Americans have to freely choose against Third World corruption before its effects are loaded onto our shoulders? What economic formula calculates the benefit of $7 an hour workers vs. the cost of the same labor force voting into office the next Obama, Hillary Bill de Blasio, or Jesus Garcia? When McDonald's pays Jose Gonzales $7 an hour who pays the remaining $293 hour for his wife and family on EBT, public housing and schools? Who gets the $40,000 emergency room bill when Marco stabs Rubio,? Marco Rubio? When we allow the fake science of "economics" tell us it all works out in the end, even if that end is 20 yeas after all sanity, and order has ceased to exist .. isn't it time to abandon these globalist bankster scams and return to nation state. with their defined borders, real cultures and accountable leaders?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com