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- Where do we keep all the extra case workers? Or do they rain down from the sky like manna?
- Would a standing army of case workers be any better than a standing army of soldiers?
- Are case workers really cheaper to house and outfit than soldiers? Would case workers set up in tents or barracks? Or would they need hotel rooms? And where are the hotel rooms?
Logistical considerations aren't Rep.-elect Ocasio-Cortez's thing, I suppose. But I do hope we can talk about the financial recklessness of magical thinking.
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What she is saying isn't idiotic. Well, it is, but there's a certain savvy to it. She's addressing the emotional needs of those who desperately want to be empathetic to "the other." They aren't a bunch of crazy and dangerous people trying to flout our laws and take advantage of our system. No, they're just victims of bad bureaucracy! If only we had more case workers. MY KINGDOM FOR MORE CASE WORKERS!
MY KINGDOM FOR MORE CASE WORKERS!
Sure. but it's really "MY KINGDOM OF CASE WORKERS!"
"For want of a nail" As W.B said, those who see government, as long as it's THEIR government, as the solution to all things will agree with Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. If only we had the right government this whole illegal immigrant thing wouldn't be a problem and who cares about all those silly sovereignty issues anyway.
Yesterday, Althouse had a post of Steve Bannon speaking to the Oxford Union on 16 Nov. I've not been a huge fan of Bannon, but I think his talk was on point over the direction the left would take us if they were unfettered.
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2018/11/steve-bannon-at-oxford-on-november-16th.html
“Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.”-- George Bernard Shaw
Progressives see things that never were and never can be, and say, "if we just pass a law it will happen just like we want." Of COURSE we can give better health care at lower cost and to everybody. Why not?
Writing as a personal friend and colleague of many immigrants, the notion that Immigration agents would be readily available, instead of hopelessly backlogged, is just hilarious--and the thought that they'd be deployed to issue visas to people who've committed hundreds of crimes in the past few weeks across Mexico just infuriating. Reminds me of the time I told an Aussie friend to quote the Qu'ran when he went in and see if it got him a step ahead in the line. He could easily have passed for Arab, actually.
Even more infuriating is the apparent inability of the left and many moderates to figure out that immigration law protects immigrants from employers saying "do this or I report you to ICE." Maybe this has something to do with the fact that so many employers of illegals are liberals?
Wouldn't those case workers have to be taken away from work they're doing to process those immigrants who have applied legally through appropriate channels?
Idealism doesn't seem to ever really work out. And it doesn't seem to matter if it's the right side or the left side of ideals. They mean well, but just aren't that practical when it comes to the application. Thank the gods for the independents, the moderates, and the centrists. It's just a shame that they're going to have to remain in hiding or be voted out continuing for the next several years. It looks like it'll just be the continued back and forth between the hard right and where the center meets the left until then
If you are suggesting that moderates, given the authority, would govern better than left or right or oscillation between the two, I think not. Moderates seem to have a tough time making up their minds and tend to "go along to get along" with whoever is in power. If, however, you are talking about a government by consensus, where problem-solving takes precedence over power politics, you could be right, and it is certainly a desirable state of affairs.
RA: absolutely. Congressman Dingbat's proposal would slow the acceptance of the law-abiding in favor of a group with a ~2% arrest rate in the past couple of weeks. Apparently law-abiding immigrants are too likely to vote Republican for the comfort of Democrats, so they seek lawless illegals.
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