Dale Cardwell
Business Columnist
Business Columnist
I also knew I was loved and could attain forgiveness by simply admitting my mistakes, correcting my behavior and learning from the process. I believe that pattern of child-rearing, not created — but continued by my parents and many others — played a large part in making the United States the greatest nation in the history of mankind.
This is the prism through which I view life and try to help people as a consumer investigator. I say that because I want you to understand why I’m writing a column about illegal immigration. I am saddened that our nation has reached an impasse on dealing with an issue that is so clear-cut under the rule of law.
It is illegal to be in the United States without permission. Nothing more needs to be debated. Even so, it is continually debated by those who seem to want to overturn the rule of law. I have no problem with like-minded people changing the law; that’s called representative democracy. I do have concern over small groups of people exerting their influence in a manner that circumvents or nullifies the rule of law.
Example: I’m not certain why people who are clearly and admittedly in the United States illegally and have no rights as citizens of the U.S. are extended due process prior to being removed from this country. Due process should be reserved for people who belong to the network of citizens who participate in the social contract of living in the United States. The fix seems so simple, but it can’t be fixed because too many people make a ton of money helping illegal immigrants stall the deportation process. Taxpayers foot the bill for this expense and politicians score points by arguing — and never fixing the process.
Example: I read news articles that appear to be written with the intent to create sympathy for people who have chosen to enter the United States and remain here illegally. It is as though these news organizations want to use their influence, not to inform the public but to change public opinion. I also read editorials in those same papers attacking or criticizing people who stand for the rule of law. I witnessed such an example recently regarding Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointment of Phil Kent to Georgia’s new immigration panel.
Kent’s appointment was subsequently castigated by a columnist who used out-of context comments to make Kent appear to be a bigot. I know Kent to be a man of integrity who does not judge people by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. It is my concern those comments were reprinted out of context in order to create the perception that Kent’s appointment was a poor one. I could not disagree more.
Here’s my point: As a consumer investigator, I know that capitalism works because people create a social contract to buy and sell under a known set of rules. Illegal immigrants harm capitalism because, by working for wages that are lower than the market would normally bear, they create rocket fuel for a false or bubble economy. This is one of the many factors that created the mess our economy is in today.
Kent is one Georgian and American who will fight to fairly enforce an immigration law that was passed through an open and democratic process. Please join me in making certain Kent continues to serve in a capacity to do just that. If you need help in solving a consumer problem, email me at Help@TrustDale.com.
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Being able to hire labor at any wage is apart of free market capitalism. If you had your way a head of lettuces would cost $4 head or would rot in the field.
Americans will not work in the fields to harvest our crops. We are to fat and lazy and have never ending unemployment payments to keep us that way.
We need a workers program that allows free movement of workers without fear of deportation or fear of returning to Mexico after the harvest.
When I can, I buy as many produces from Mexico. I figured it would help their economy and keep workers there. What could be worse.. buying products from communist China?
Good luck with deporting 15 million people!
They are teaching these children to be lawless, kind of like the problems occurring in Mexico now.
Capitalism, socialism, marxism, etc, they all work under a set of rules. And all 3 of these have an impact on the economy. Capitalism is what the U.S. is suppose to be and socialism is the way illegal immigration and Obama want us to go.
If a business works under the designated rules of capitalism & the illegals work under a different set, then the playing field is not the same. An example is paying people (illegal workers) CASH and not declaring their pay to our federal gov't. This is done all the time by businesses in the U.S.
Right now in the state of GA, the Dept of Labor is auditing more businesses than ever before, just on form 1099, to verify if an employer abused the use of subcontractors as opposed to having that person as an employee. These businesses that use illegal labor and pay them with cash can show one or two employees on a W-2, when in actuality there maybe 10 illegals & they are not even shown on the payroll. The business, with the Illegals being paid cash, have a lower cost to do business. Know your econ, if you can't see that, then you have no understanding of basics of running a business.
know your econ- if we are NOT going to follow the rules of law when it comes to business practices in the U.S., then do away with the accepted rules & laws of this land and capitalism. Then the anarchy will rule.