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Friday, August 31, 2007
Rotting Apples and the War on Immigrants
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Following in the footsteps of California and Colorado farmers, New York apple growers might soon face devastating financial losses thanks to the U.S. government’s war on immigrants. With a third consecutive year of near-perfect weather, New York is experiencing vintage apple crops. At the same time, the national demand for apples is at an all-time high.
New York apple growers, however, are not celebrating. Why? Because the federal war on immigrants might result in the farmers’ not having enough people to pick their crops, which means that all those “wine-like” apples might end up rotting on the trees. Estimates are that 70 percent of the farm workers are illegal immigrants, many of whom use fake Social Security cards. New federal regulations, which require employers to match Social Security numbers with the federal database, are likely to now eliminate the use of fake Social Security numbers, which means ...
Friday, June 29, 2007
Separate School & State
Thanks to yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling in a government-school desegregation case, public-school supporters are now heavily embroiled in the latest debate on how to run the government schools. Yawn! Another “crisis,” just like in the drug war, immigration, Iraq, Social Security, Medicare, etc. etc. etc.
It’s all so sad. Americans have been banging their heads against the socialist, interventionist wall for most of their lives, wailing and lamenting their never-ceasing headaches. But when a libertarian says, “Well, why don’t you stop hitting your heads against the wall?” the response inevitably is, “We’ve got to keep hitting our heads against the wall. What other choice do we have? We have to make these government programs succeed, and we’re going to do exactly that.”
All that we libertarians can do is continue providing the antidote to all these crises and ailments — individual freedom, free markets, and limited government. Ultimately, there is going to be a critical ...
Friday, June 29, 2007
Separate School & State
Thanks to yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling in a government-school desegregation case, public-school supporters are now heavily embroiled in the latest debate on how to run the government schools. Yawn! Another “crisis,” just like in the drug war, immigration, Iraq, Social Security, Medicare, etc. etc. etc.
It’s all so sad. Americans have been banging their heads against the socialist, interventionist wall for most of their lives, wailing and lamenting their never-ceasing headaches. But when a libertarian says, “Well, why don’t you stop hitting your heads against the wall?” the response inevitably is, “We’ve got to keep hitting our heads against the wall. What other choice do we have? We have to make these government programs succeed, and we’re going to do exactly that.”
All that we libertarians can do is continue providing the antidote to all these crises and ailments — individual freedom, free markets, and limited government. Ultimately, there is going to be a critical ...
