[lit-ideas] Re: WTO and Immigration
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 23:16:41 -0500
The thing the WTO is pushing, unless I'm misunderstanding it, is for
professional and highly trained jobs, not the migrant stuff. I might have
it wrong though.
Irene
> [Original Message]
> From: Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 12/8/2005 9:38:10 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: WTO and Immigration
>
> The politics on this are very convoluted.
>
> Bush wants to get more support among Latinos, so he's pro-immigration.
Most corps, the
> entire hotel/restaurant industry, and agbiz (i.e., farms) also want more
workers.
>
> But Christian Republicans (i.e., small town whites) don't want brown
foreign people in the
> country, so they're strongly opposed. And that goes double for yellow
foreign people.
> "They're taking our jobs, they're criminals, they overcrowd the schools,
they use up our
> social services", and so on. None of those are true, but that's
irrelevant: it's
> fundamentally a race issue.
>
> At stake are the upcoming mid-term Congressional elections next November.
If Bush passes his
> immigration reform, the Christians may boycott the election and the GOP
loses heavily. If
> the Christians win and he can't push through reform, the Latinos will get
a clear message
> from the Christians: "stay out of the USA, stay out of our party, and
stay out of our
> church."
>
> So Bush is trying to weave his way on both sides for this.
>
> As usual, this issue is being fought within the Republican party. The
Dems and everyone else
> have no effect on the matter.
>
> It would be a very interesting manuver to use the WTO to resolve the
issue. Congress could
> say "well, folks, we're opposed, but the WTO ruled against us, so we'll
have to let them
> in." Thus they get to oppose and support simultaneously. The vast
majority of Americans
> don't realize the WTO's ability to override US law. Bush has trained them
to think that the
> USA is "sovereign".
>
> > China is looking to supplant stores like Walmart in this country and
sell cheap, but
> > apparently quality, goods directly to the American consumer. No word
on how Walmart is
> > taking it.
>
> The "...cheap, but apparently quality..." qualifier is pretty funny.
Practically everything
> in the USA is already produced in Mexico, Southeast Asia, or China, both
the cheap stuff and
> the very high-end expensive, quality stuff. Your Prada handbag, your
Salvatore Ferragamo
> shoes, and so on are all made in China.
>
> yrs,
> andreas
> www.andreas.com
>
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