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Hey, let’s make bribery illegal

April 12th, 2005 · No Comments

Recently, a reporter asked me what I think is the solution to the immigration problem. Only half joking, I told him we need to make bribery illegal.
Spend a few eye-opening hours sometime searching the lobbying disclosure records on the U.S. Senate’s web site, and you’ll see what I mean.
If you search the records for […]

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Tags: AILA · corpocracy · corruption · immigration

Honey? We’re out of humans…

April 6th, 2005 · No Comments

A Washington DC construction supervisor told Jerry Kammer of the San
Diego Tribune that since the surge in illegal immigration from Central America to the Washington, DC area began roughly 20 years ago, the pay for installing 4 x 8 panels has dropped from $4.50 per panel to $3.00.
After adjusting for inflation, that’s a […]

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Tags: AILA · corpocracy · economics · immigration