Re Why People Still Support Trump

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>
> Date: August 29, 2017 at 6:34:09 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Why People Still Support Trump
>
> In article <13A50F0C-4C99-4552-90CC-9EC82B65226C () gmail com> you write:
> > Why People Still Support Trump
> > https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-28/why-people-still-support-trump
>
> This is a really frustrating piece.  I agree with his main point, that most Trump
> supporters are normal people who are frustrated and feel ignored by mainstream
> politicians.  But there's also this:
>
>  I'm a liberal on immigration -- but it isn't racism to favor tighter
>  controls if you believe that high immigration lowers American wages.
>  It sure isn't racism to believe that the laws on immigration should be
>  enforced, and that "sanctuary cities" violate that impeccably liberal
>  principle. 
>
> In fact, there is precious little evidence that immigration lowers
> American wages, and a lot of evidence that immigrants take jobs like
> picking vegetables and cleaning toilets in seasonal hotels that
> Americans don't want.  If you have to believe a lie to justify your
> opposition to immigration, and when you consider the skin color of
> most of those farm and hotel workers, claims that it's not about race
> are pretty hollow.  Maybe it shows my lack of imagination but it's
> hard for me to see a reason to expel "dreamers" who know no home but
> the US, or for that matter people who have been obeying all the laws
> other than a visa overstay, that isn't tied up with race.
>
> There are real issues, and middle- and low-wage workers in the U.S.
> have gotten a raw deal for decades.  But the way to fix the economy
> is to fix the economy, not to demonize people who look different.
>
> R's,
> John



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