Rupert Murdoch doing the unthinkable: Promoting the Democratic Agenda

[eric82oslo]

Rupert Murdoch - the world's number one media mogul and the ultra conservative founder of the FOX TV conglomerate, originally from Australia, but now a naturalized US citizen - has really done the unthinkable by fiercely promoting the number 1 issue on the Democratic Party's political agenda - immigration reform! Not only that, but in his Wall Street Journal opinion piece, he goes even further than many Democratic politicians dear or care to support:

1) He supports full legalization of all illegal immigrants, as long as they've not committed criminal activites!
2) He wants to altogether end the cap on H1-B visas - no more restrictions or limits!

"People are looking for leadership — those who stand for something and offer a vision for how to take America forward and keep our nation economically competitive. One of the most immediate ways to revitalize our economy is by passing immigration reform,"  Murdoch wrote in the Journal, which is owned by News Corp.

Read more here from Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/06/19/rupert-murdoch-pushes-for-immigration-reform/

[eric82oslo]

Democrats need more taxpayers. Same thing Reagan wanted for his tax reform.

And more working, taxpaying citizens is a bad thing because........?

The most obvious anti-immigrant talking point is that they push wages down. And that's probably true. We also already have an enormous oversupply of workers. Business would love to be able to hire these folks for peanuts without the risk of bad press.

But isn't one of the biggest reasons immigrant wages are relatively low is that illegals have no recourse for minimum wage/prevailing wage laws, other worker protections, demands for raises, etc. due to the overhanging threat of deportation? I've heard the argument that if that threat is removed they can more freely assert their rights, both in court and in the free enterprise market (switching to better paying jobs easier, etc.).

Absolutely.
So the biggest threat for low-wage Americans are actually illegal workers and not those who have obtained their citizenship and can start demanding livable wages.

[eric82oslo]

lol who cares

You don't like bathing with your enemy, do you?