Re: OT: sponge burning!

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 04:11:40PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:

You can be in favor of a higher minimum wage and still be against
increasing the number of H1B visas.

Of course you can. It just makes you a hypocrite.

How so?

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing H1B and it's
equivalents abroad eliminated. Why should governments have much of any
concern about allowing employment of foreign nationals if unemployment of
it's own work-capable citizens is greater than zero?

Well, if there is above-zero unemployment (that is, there exists a
surplus of labor supply), and there exists demand (that is, employers
are hiring), then wages will increase until they get people to take the
jobs. No government intervention needed.

And no immigration from poorer countries required.

Now, when our broken immigration policy allows criminals to come in with
impunity, work off the books, receive the benefits of social services
paid for by others' taxes yet not pay taxes themselves, we have a
serious problem. Since those criminals can work for less then a
legitimate tax payer.

The two ways to solve this are to stop the flow and/or implement the
Fair Tax.

Enforcement is the key. Nothing is stopping you from turning in a crooked
employer and refusing to work with illegal labor.



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