Reply #83: Ah, through the electorate. [View All]

[necso]

What? You don't think that they see how well the current policy (companies supposedly being held responsible for employing illegal labor) works?

What? You don't think that they are ready to try something else?

And what? You think that we have any significant chance of directly controlling what the powerful do -- at least in the short term? How so? Even if we pass new laws, then it will come down to enforcement -- enforcement by the same means that is currently failing to control corporate behavior -- and enforcement that will never be adequately funded to police the entire country. (So we will end up policing borders anyway, along with "regulating" companies -- dooming both to failure.)

If we make it in the interests of the foreign governments, those that let this illegal labor pour in, to do otherwise, then this would be a good start on the problem of illegal labor.

And maybe we can eventually stop the corporations (etc) from predating on the nations that furnish this illegal labor, and thereby start to address the problem at the roots.

But if we do not regain power, then we can do nothing. And tilting directly against the corporations (which will be labeled as "socialism", etc, by our opponents), is no way to get the masses involved on our side.

And, of course, we are more likely to be prevented from doing anything effective about illegal labor by those who label us as "racist" than otherwise. This label plays to the guilt of many -- especially those who know that in their hearts that they are racist -- and can, therefore, be led around by the nose because of it.

But then, that's exactly the point. You only have to consider how quickly the neocons resort to using "un-PC" labels against us to realize the power of this tool against us.

As for myself, I have no guilt in this area, and so I am therefore largely immune to such manipulation.