Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.

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People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who...

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who...

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to...

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to...

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be...

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be...

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals...

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals...

Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it...

Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it...

The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order,...

The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order,...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives...

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives...

If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen...

If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from...

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to...

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

The real crime is the corporate hijacking of our democracy.

The real crime is the corporate hijacking of our democracy.

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...