Originally Posted by
jungle
Once again, you seem to equate the failures of business with the total incompetence of government with respect to running a balanced budget. These are two entirely different matters.
Failures in the private sector may be influenced by poor economic policy of government, but the economic failures of government may never be blamed on the private sector.
I guess it depends on how you define "economic failures of government".
In my opinion, the debate concerning "E-Verify" highlights the conflict between the possibility of some long term beneficial government economic policy and the short-sighted private business interest (lobbyist managed) which could possibly harm us. And by "us", I mean you, me, and our fellow U.S. citizens, regardless of race, creed, kin, veteran's status, sexual affiliation, or whatever!
As far as I understand it, the "E-Verify" program was designed to ensure that only those with U.S. citizenship or those properly documented in the U.S. immigration system would be entitled to work in the U.S. for programs/projects that received federal monies.
Apparently the major roadblock to implementation of the program was complaint from the private business sector bidding on those programs/projects that it would be too costly on their part- time and money-wise- to comply with E-Verify.
Apparently, now, after the ACLU and other seemingly strange bedfellows from the private sector have spoken: Any Federal contract valued at less than $100,000 can be awarded to an employer who does not use, or comply with the E-Verify system to ensure that illegals are not on their payroll.
In my opinion- a case of private business interest and special interest group(s) undermining the continued long term security and financial health of the citizens and legal immigrants in the U.S.
So now we can legally fund illegal immigrants' jobs with our federal tax money, as long as the contract they are working on is valued at less than $100,000. Does that make sense? Guess there's going to be lots of bids at $99,999.99. to maintain that infrastructure of ours. Jobs that could have gone to U.S. citizens and properly documented hopeful citizens paying taxes. But they won't. Because it's now federally mandated law, thanks to the actions of private business lobbying, that it will be easy and cheap to bid low, drive around in a brand new pickup, and oversee all the illegals hired at 7-Eleven that morning.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081114_7320.php
Also, if you wanna get really peeved, google the troubles NPR had running ads for the FedGov that mentioned E-Verify.