Immigration. What else?
by Neal Boortz
There has been a lot of buzz lately about what Obama will tackle as his next big ticket item. Obviously financial reform will be in the picture. Climate change legislation is waiting in the wings. But there is a surging interest in the resurrection of illegal immigration reform.
Why now?
Happy Hispanics going to the polls in November perhaps? What would immigration reform look like under Obama? Victor Davis Hanson says that the battle would look a lot like the battle over healthcare … in order words, it won’t be pretty:
Obama may now take on immigration reform in the same bipolar fashion. He decries the present policy toward illegal immigration and cites heartbreaking stories about workers forced to toil in the shadows by profit-hungry employers and an indifferent public. But again, we hear no mention by Obama of the role of human choice and individual responsibility.
¨When one breaks the law by entering the United States without proper authority and then continues to live as an illegal alien, choices are made that have many unfortunate consequences, both for oneself and for society at large.
In all these cases, Obama commendably wants to help the less fortunate. But he seems to care far less for those who act responsibly — except to demonize them if they question whether it is fair or wise to subsidize those who at times don’t.
Don’t you just love that phrase “the less fortunate”? Victor Davis Hanson brings up a great point and that is that there seems to be a lack of appreciation for responsibility and success. At every point in the road, Obama and the Democrats seem eager to demonize people who’ve made choices for self reliance, individual responsibility and liberty. We saw that play out with healthcare, and as many believe, we could see it happen again on a debate over immigration reform.