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December 16, 2009 10:46 PM UTC
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Rep.polis has turned into a very effective Congressman.
I had stumbled across Businessweek’s article last week and saved the link to it. Then, this a.m., I heard on NPR about our three Dems (where the hell is Markey, by the way) joining together to move immigration reform forward. I went to Polis’s website to read the entire proposal and I’m utterly impressed with the expansions he’s proposing.
The Industrial Revolution is over–the millions of jobs that were lost over the last decade are not coming back. We have to find new and inventive ways to create jobs and equally important, to keep foreign workers here who have the expertise and skills but are moving back to their native countries (ie. China and India) because job opportunities are drying up here. I think this is a damn good start.
That’s more than the displaced American workers have….other than poverty or welfare.
and only adds to our problem. From the linked article:
We need them to stay here, to start up businesses here, to move our technology forward here, to seek their fortune here, where they can feed our tax base, create jobs and fuel our economy.
“Bring me your rich, your elites, your job creation….” Not.
Selling visas to the highest bidder, in effect. Shameful. It’s another sign of our third world status.
We did fine for decades w/o foreign investment of this nature. It’s a band aid for some terrible core problems that can be traced to labor surpluses via immigration and the cost of keeping older skilled Americans on the payroll. This visa may provide some jobs, but like any complex proposal, it will be gamed.
Well, that’s certainly an interesting take on this. I’ll give you that much.
He was effective in helping to kill off cram-down. He was effective when he talking smack to national newspapers about “liberals” and health care reform.
If by “effective” you mean prominent beyond his years in office, then yes, Rep. Polis has been effective. If by “effective” you mean someone responsible for positive change of any magnitude, then no, he hasn’t been terribly effective.
Establish the criteria for immigrants and bring in more of them.