Monday, August 04, 2014
"Cheap-Labor" Conservatives
There really aren't
such people!
In my sometimes helter-skelter path through the web, I run
across ideas that are dead wrong but seemingly very effective in debates. The "cheap-labor
conservative" idea is the most recent I stumbled across that is simply
wrong, but not easy to counter by a conservative in a few words or even
paragraphs. The accusation is based on the premise that conservatives desire
scads of immigrant workers and poor and disadvantaged people to feed their
needs for cheap labor in our fields and factories.
Hence, they do not want to address the immigration problem
head on, for instance, since it would most likely impact their cheap labor
sources. The meme is cleverly applied across the board on just about every
issue before the congress, including the minimum wage issue, since that raises
labor costs for conservative business owners (who are assumed to be the great majority
of all business owners and operators, which is simply untrue.)
Countering this meme in real time isn't very easy for
conservatives. Should they defend their
record on the subject? Should they answer with the fundamental values system of
the conservative movement? These would take more time that is usually available,
and the very length of the replies can turn audiences off, well before they
could see the true value of the definitive arguments presented against such
labeling. Is there a simpler and shorter way to turn the tables on such a
liberal or progressive attacker? I believe there is a way!
Here is my idea on how to turn it around:
The sources for really cheap labor are immigrants, migrant workers,
the poor and the disadvantaged.
Yes, of course we
conservative business people begin
with these cheap labor sources, if they
are available legally, and our ethical managers proceed to train these and
all people new to the business in worthwhile skills, and raise their pay as
they learn and progress. We provide them with benefits as they prove their
worth in the introductory period. We end up with truly valuable workers that
are well paid and most often stay with the business throughout their working
lives. Even if they move on, as migrant workers do, they do so with new skills,
experience, and often, high recommendations from the managers. We welcome back
good migrant workers. We have raised their personal value, their pride and
their life styles. What else would
ethical and conservative business managers do with immigrants, migrant workers, the poor and disadvantaged? We are truly
a force for earned well-being for these people.
Furthermore, we true conservatives
will have nothing to do with unethical businesses, their sleazy practices, and
exploiting illegal immigrants! They are not part of the conservative movement.
In my sometimes helter-skelter path through the web, I run across ideas that are dead wrong but seemingly very effective in debates. The "cheap-labor conservative" idea is the most recent I stumbled across that is simply wrong, but not easy to counter by a conservative in a few words or even paragraphs. The accusation is based on the premise that conservatives desire scads of immigrant workers and poor and disadvantaged people to feed their needs for cheap labor in our fields and factories.
Hence, they do not want to address the immigration problem
head on, for instance, since it would most likely impact their cheap labor
sources. The meme is cleverly applied across the board on just about every
issue before the congress, including the minimum wage issue, since that raises
labor costs for conservative business owners (who are assumed to be the great majority
of all business owners and operators, which is simply untrue.)
Countering this meme in real time isn't very easy for
conservatives. Should they defend their
record on the subject? Should they answer with the fundamental values system of
the conservative movement? These would take more time that is usually available,
and the very length of the replies can turn audiences off, well before they
could see the true value of the definitive arguments presented against such
labeling. Is there a simpler and shorter way to turn the tables on such a
liberal or progressive attacker? I believe there is a way!
Here is my idea on how to turn it around:
The sources for really cheap labor are immigrants, migrant workers,
the poor and the disadvantaged.
Yes, of course we
conservative business people begin
with these cheap labor sources, if they
are available legally, and our ethical managers proceed to train these and
all people new to the business in worthwhile skills, and raise their pay as
they learn and progress. We provide them with benefits as they prove their
worth in the introductory period. We end up with truly valuable workers that
are well paid and most often stay with the business throughout their working
lives. Even if they move on, as migrant workers do, they do so with new skills,
experience, and often, high recommendations from the managers. We welcome back
good migrant workers. We have raised their personal value, their pride and
their life styles. What else would
ethical and conservative business managers do with immigrants, migrant workers, the poor and disadvantaged? We are truly
a force for earned well-being for these people.
Furthermore, we true conservatives
will have nothing to do with unethical businesses, their sleazy practices, and
exploiting illegal immigrants! They are not part of the conservative movement.
