The ad that ran in Daily Veriety last week--signed by the usual members of the "entertainment comunity," including Ed Asner, Danny Glover, and Mike Farrell--asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sing Bill 60, a bill to allow illegal immigrants to obtain California driver's licenses.
Not that the ad ever used the word "illegal." Instead, it used Hollywood award speak to tell the story of Rosanna Perez, "Nominated Best Nanny in a Supporting Role," who, because of California law, has to take the bus from her home in East Los Angeles to ehr job in the Westside.
They should have dubbed the ad: Let my illegal nanny drive my SUV.
"We give them access to our homes. we trust them with our children. It seems absurd to me not to grant them the respect they deserve," Farrell explained to Copley News Service.
Whats this "we" business? Most people don't hire nannies. Only rich people can afford nannies; they can hire legal nannies.
Farrell was parroting the familiar argument: that everyone benefits from illegal immigration--through cheaper food prices at the grocery store or the fast-food joint--so the laws shouldn't penalize illegal immigrants. But the logic doesn't. It also is true that everyone pays for illegal immigration--for illegal immigrant's children to attend public schools or for emergency medical care--and so this notion of a free ride is false. Then, there is the paycheck problem: Some of the people who are paying more are less skilled Americans who have smaller paychecks becasue they must compete with cheap illegal labor.
So when the "entertainment community" asks for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, it plays the leading role of Hollywood Diva expecting stagehands and walk-ons to chip in and pay for her illegal help.
Le me stipulate: I feel for people who, like Perez, want a better life for themselves and their families and come to improve themselves--even if they break the law. But I respect those who immigrate here legally. They show respect for the process.......more
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Yes just one more example of how Holywood elites are all for the "regular" guy................ :blah2:
Not that the ad ever used the word "illegal." Instead, it used Hollywood award speak to tell the story of Rosanna Perez, "Nominated Best Nanny in a Supporting Role," who, because of California law, has to take the bus from her home in East Los Angeles to ehr job in the Westside.
They should have dubbed the ad: Let my illegal nanny drive my SUV.
"We give them access to our homes. we trust them with our children. It seems absurd to me not to grant them the respect they deserve," Farrell explained to Copley News Service.
Whats this "we" business? Most people don't hire nannies. Only rich people can afford nannies; they can hire legal nannies.
Farrell was parroting the familiar argument: that everyone benefits from illegal immigration--through cheaper food prices at the grocery store or the fast-food joint--so the laws shouldn't penalize illegal immigrants. But the logic doesn't. It also is true that everyone pays for illegal immigration--for illegal immigrant's children to attend public schools or for emergency medical care--and so this notion of a free ride is false. Then, there is the paycheck problem: Some of the people who are paying more are less skilled Americans who have smaller paychecks becasue they must compete with cheap illegal labor.
So when the "entertainment community" asks for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, it plays the leading role of Hollywood Diva expecting stagehands and walk-ons to chip in and pay for her illegal help.
Le me stipulate: I feel for people who, like Perez, want a better life for themselves and their families and come to improve themselves--even if they break the law. But I respect those who immigrate here legally. They show respect for the process.......more
www.townhall.com/columnists/debrasaunders/printds20050203.shtml
Yes just one more example of how Holywood elites are all for the "regular" guy................ :blah2:
