I had been listening to one political discussion and laid down to take a nap on my couch when I heard Senator Jeff Sessions speaking. Apparently one show ended and another had begun. Usually I might have changed channels or turned off the t.v., but I was nearly asleep and left it going.
Mostly I didn't hear what he had to say, but as I was waking he was nearing the end of his speech. So, I heard him say something most unusual. He said that taking advice from Pres. Hoover, yes Hoover, we should consider limiting all immigration to America to give time for the American wage to rise. He said that incoming people had the effect on the economy of pushing down wages.
Is this really the state of Republican economic analysis today. Is that belief held by others in the Republican party?
To negate the idea that this was something he just mentioned, he went into some detail about statistics, thus showing he had seriously looked at this idea. I wonder if he knows this kind of argument was sometimes used by those in the past who disliked all foreigners and simply disguised that with shallow arguments such as the economic one.
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