<<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER  No. 2056 -- 12/09/2009 >>>>>

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lite-and-heavy-on-the-bs/

Pat Buchanan makes a very good point concerning President Obama’s job
summit by asking the question "Why Import Workers Now?":
http://buchanan.org/blog/why-import-workers-now-3186

    At last week’s Job Summit, there was talk of a second stimulus
    package, of tax credits for small businesses that hire new
    workers, of an Infrastructure Bank to select national priority
    pubic works projects like the Hoover Dam and TVA of yesteryear.

    But no one, it seems, advanced the one obvious idea that would
    have the most immediate and dramatic impact -- a moratorium on
    all immigration into the United States.

Obama and the participants in the Jobs Summit managed to avoid the
immigration issue, which is quite an accomplishment considering it’s such
an important factor in unemployment. There was one question about
immigration during Obama’s forum at the end of the summit:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-and-qa-closing-
session-forum-jobs-and-economic-growth
Whitehouse Transcript

    Q    Mr. President, thank you for the invitation.  My name is Bill
    Aossey from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  I have a request that won’t cost
    us anything.  It’ll bring money home.  Can you please help ease
    the visa regulations so we can have students coming back, and
    international business visitors that will bring money and cultivate
    long-term resources of culture and academic relationships?  So
    please help ease this visa -- it’ll bring money in and it won’t
    cost us anything.  Thank you.

Aossey didn’t consider the real cost of handing out student visas: jobs
and national security. Of course neither did Obama, who agreed that letting
in more foreign students is a freebie:

    If those students start seeing a closed door, then we are losing
    what is one of our greatest competitive advantages, and that’s
    something that I think we’re committed to doing.

    Let me broaden the point. There are a lot of things that don’t
    cost money that could make a difference.

It’s worth watching the video on CSPAN at the 40 minute mark.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290419-2
White House Jobs Summit Closing, Dec. 3

When I watched it live on CSPAN the thing that struck me as very strange
was that Aossey was identified as president of Midamar Food Services. Why,
I asked myself, would somebody in the food service industry be so
interested in student visas?

The Midamar website reveals some powerful clues as background on Bill
Aossey’s grandfather is provided:

http://www.midamar.com/scripts/companyinfo_history.asp

    In 1907, Yahya Aossey, a young boy of about 16 years old, left the
    Lebanon Region of Syria to immigrate to the "Promised Land" of
    America and to the heartland of the U.S.A.

The ethnic identity of Midamar’s clientele is also revealed. According to
the same website:

    Further, MIDAMAR’S continued goal is to satisfy the Western and
    Ethnic Halal food requests by Muslim consumers wanting to be
    part of Western society, yet still remain faithful to the
    teachings of Islam with regard to what is Halal and Haram.

Perhaps it’s a coincidence, but Moslems are big users of student visas.
It’s one of the favored methods for radical Middle Eastern Moslems to
immigrate to the U.S. That’s how many of the 9/11 terrorists came here.

Obama’s response was disturbing:

    THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I think you make an important suggestion.  We
    live in a interconnected world and an interdependent world, and I
    think that, properly, we had to respond to 9/11 by reviewing our
    policies on visas, on immigration, on a whole host of issues.

Perhaps another coincidence, but Obama’s reply sure seemed to indicate
that he knew all about Bill Aossey’s ethnic and religious identity, and
Obama connected Aossey with the desire to allow more "students" to come
from Islamic countries. Obama almost seemed to be apologetic towards Aossey
that student visas were restricted after 9/11. Fortunately Obama never gave
Aossey more than empty rhetoric as far as increasing the availability of
visas, but he spent quite a bit of time opining that there is no reason for
the U.S. to indulge in protectionism.

    But I think it is important for us not to get into a bunker
    mentality. That’s not America’s strength. Our strength has
    always been saying yes to the rest of the world, inviting
    ideas and different cultures and commerce. And we have not
    seen the same kinds of openness, I think, over the last
    several years that I’d like to see.

    Now, we’ve got to do it in a prudent way, but, you know, let’s just
    take the example of foreign students. One of the great things about
    this country is we get the best and the brightest talent to study
    here, and once they study here they start enjoying the intellectual
    freedom and the entrepreneurship, and they decide to stay, and they
    start new businesses. And suddenly you’ve got a whole new
    generation of folks who are creating intel or other extraordinary
    businesses.

Obama pushed the education button and used it as an opportunity to take a
jab at working Americans:

    But I told the story of my lunch with the President -- President
    Lee of South Korea.  And, Gary, you were in that lunch --
    remember I asked him, what’s happening in terms of education
    policy in Korea? And he said, well, you know, my biggest problem
    is, Korean parents are too demanding and they are insisting,
    for example, that I import, and I’ve had to import, thousands of
    foreign English teachers because they all feel that first graders
    should be learning English already.

Did Obama just imply that American parents are slackers while Korean
parents are "too demanding"? It appears that Obama was sold a phony bill of
goods when he talked to President Lee. While it’s true that Korea hires
many English teachers the number is nowhere near "thousands" -- it’s more
like "lots".

http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/korea/index.cgi?read=40066
Lots of teaching positions are available all around Korea

In order to teach in Korea, Americans can get an E-2 visa. In case you
think you want to take the next plane to Korea for one of the "thousands"
of lucrative jobs, read this disclaimer from the U.S. State Department.
First thing to pay attention to is that unlike the U.S., they take
immigration law seriously so don’t try to pull a fast one!

http://travel.state.gov/travel/living/teaching/teaching_1240.html
TEACHING ENGLISH IN KOREA, OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS

    LEGAL WARNING! Some Americans have run into serious legal problems
    with Korean Immigration because they either work as English
    teachers while in Korea on tourist visas or they accept part-time
    employment or private classes without obtaining the proper
    permission. Violation of Korean immigration laws can result in
    severe penalties including imprisonment, fines of up to 100,000
    won ($120) for each day of overstay, or deportation with a ban
    on re-entry for up to two years. It is your responsibility to
    understand local laws and to obey them.

Now, here is the really bad news!

    Unfortunately some American citizens come to Korea under contract,
    with promises of generous salaries, bonuses and other amenities,
    only to find themselves in tenuous situations, often lacking funds
    to return to the U.S.

Of course our government tends to be overly optimistic. For a far more
realistic assessment of these jobs be sure to read this from Charles
Moffat, somebody that’s been there, done that:

http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/politics/Dont-Teach-in-South-Korea.html

"Don’t Teach English in South Korea."

    If you’re thinking of going overseas to teach English in South
    Korea, my first advice to you is DON’T.

    Don’t go! Pick a different country or find a job somewhere else.

    I estimate there is a 70% chance that if you go you will end up
    getting screwed over in your contract and actually end up losing
    money. Most people don’t last the first three months with a
    company. The ones who stay longer usually end up getting screwed
    over for even more money.

Now you know why Korea needs so many English teachers. It’s because their
education is sooooooooo superior!

Obama didn’t stop blabbering about the mentality of those hard working
Asians -- he included China.

    Now, you think about that mentality, which is pervasive throughout
    Asia -- you saw the same thing in China -- and it gives you a
    sense of what we’re up against in terms of global competition.

    So as tough as this recession is, as tough as the job market may be,
    we need to double down on our education investment.

Let’s be blunt about what Obama really said: he pushed the education
button of course, but more importantly he implied that the problem with our
economy is that foreigners such as Koreans are just plain willing to work
harder. And doggone it, American parents just let their kids goof off too
much!


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http://buchanan.org/blog/why-import-workers-now-3186

December 8th, 2009
Why Import Workers Now?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

At last week’s Job Summit, there was talk of a second stimulus package,
of tax credits for small businesses that hire new workers, of an
Infrastructure Bank to select national priority public works projects like
the Hoover Dam and TVA of yesteryear.

But no one, it seems, advanced the one obvious idea that would have the
most immediate and dramatic impact -- a moratorium on all immigration into
the United States.

Unemployment is at 10 percent, near the postwar high of 1983. Fifteen
million Americans are out of work. Ten million more have given up looking
or are working fewer hours than they would like.

We have been losing jobs every month for two years.

Why, then, are we still bringing immigrants into the United States at a
rate of 125,000 a month to take jobs from fellow Americans and compete with
our unemployed for the jobs that open up?

In the last year, 1.5 million new immigrants have come to take up residence
and been issued work permits. Probably twice as many jobs have been taken
by these folks as the 650,000 the Obamaites claim were saved or created by
their $787 billion stimulus package. How do Democrats justify this?

How can they justify bringing in another 1.5 immigrants in 2010 and another
1.5 million in 2011, when 25 million Americans they are supposed to
represent are unemployed or underemployed?

If Obama voters feel disillusioned do they not have valid reason?

As for illegal aliens, it is estimated that 8 million still hold jobs in
the United States. Endlessly we are told that these hardworking folks are
just doing jobs that Americans refuse to do.

But Middle American News has taken a look at the Census Bureau data. In
almost all the occupations to which unskilled and semi-skilled illegal
aliens gravitate, native-born Americans hold most of the jobs.

U.S. citizens account for well over half of all housekeepers, maids, taxi
drivers and chauffeurs in the U.S., almost two-thirds of all the butchers,
meat processors and ground maintenance and construction workers, and
three-fourths of all porters, bellhops and janitors.

We are told that many if not most of these are "dead-end jobs" Americans do
not want or will not take. Yet, how can that be true when American citizens
are already doing most of these jobs?

As related here in October, USA Today found that, invariably, when U.S.
authorities raid a plant site where hundreds of illegals are working, and
send them packing, hundreds of Americans show up and apply for the jobs. Is
this not as it should be, if we are looking out for our own people first?
And isn’t that what a family does, or should do?

Why, then, is the Obama administration cutting back on jobsite raids and
inspections? Why is the administration talking of moving in 2010 to
legalize the status of the 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens in the
United States?

Is putting illegal aliens on the path to citizenship a higher priority for
this Obama crowd than opening up jobs for American workers?

Are the K Street lobbyists whose corporate bosses cannot get enough
low-wage labor that powerful? Are the Hispanic lobbies like La Raza and
MALDEF, with their charges of "nativist" and "xenophobe," so intimidating
the Democratic Party cannot stand up to them?

Two weeks ago, The Washington Post, focusing on unemployment among young
African-American males, wrote, "Joblessness for 16- to 24-year-old black
men has reached Great Depression proportions -- 34.5 percent in October,
more than three times the rate for the general U.S. population."

More than one-third of all young black males are unemployed.

Which raises a question. Where is the Black Caucus?

Here are folks who favor preferential treatment for their black
constituents over white Americans -- i.e., affirmative action. But they go
mute when it comes to immigrants coming and taking jobs and illegal aliens
holding down 8 million of those jobs that could be going to the unemployed
in their own community.

Nor is it only working-class Americans who are being shouldered aside by
the annual flood tide of immigrants.

As Jerry Woodruff, editor of Middle American News, writes: "Immigrants are
taking good, high-paying jobs from highly skilled Americans. The Census
Bureau found that 34 percent of all software engineers -- are immigrants.
Yet, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers reports that
48,000 U.S. software engineers are unemployed."

If Obama wants to take executive action to assist Americans out looking for
work, he could take two strong and effective steps.

First, call on Congress to vote a moratorium on immigration until the
unemployment rate falls below 6 percent. Second, instruct Homeland Security
and the Justice Department to renew the raids and enforce the law against
employers who are taking jobs from Americans by illegally hiring
undocumented aliens.

If Obama did that, suddenly folks would sit up and say, as they did after
Ronald Reagan busted the air controllers, "This man is serious."


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