Bordering On Fraud

by Thomas Sowell - May 23rd, 2006 - TownHall.com

The immigration bill before Congress has some of the most serious consequences for the future of this country. Yet it is not being discussed seriously by most politicians or most of the media. Instead, it is being discussed in a series of glib talking points that insult our intelligence.

Some of the most momentous consequences -- a major increase in the number of immigrants admitted legally -- are not even being discussed at all by those who wrote the Senate bill, though Senator Jeff Sessions has uncovered those provisions in the bill and brought them out into the light of day.

How many times have we heard that illegal aliens are taking "jobs that Americans won't do"? Just what specifically are those jobs?

Once again our congressional leaders are passing a bill, not to help America become a better nation, or to defend our nation from external forces that are trying to destory it, but just so they can appear to be doing something that will help them get re-elected. In the earliest days of our nation, there was a great deal of concern that we had not protected ourselves from the corrupting influence of democracy. I believe in the concept of the people, but there are times when I worry that the naysayers were right. Democracy may not be able to last when the people want "bread and circus". The only defence is if our elected officials have character and it no longer appears that they do.

Thomas Sowell has pointed out the flaws of these bills. What are we going to do about them?