Breitbart: Investor, CEO, and presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg says he would allow investors and employers to hire the “the best” workers from around the world instead of Americans.
“This country needs more immigrants and we should be out looking for immigrants,” Bloomberg told the San Diego Union-Tribune on January 5.:
For those who need an oboe player for a symphony, we want the best one. We need a striker for a soccer team, we want to get the best one. We want a farmworker, we want to get the best one. A computer programmer, we want to get the best one. So we should be out looking for more immigrants.
The reporter did not ask Bloomberg to define “best.” But for cost-conscious shareholders and executives, “best” is a synonym for ‘cheaper than Americans.’
“If business were able to hire without restrictions from anywhere in the world, pretty much every [American’s] occupation would be foreignized,” said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies. He continued:
Americans would have to accept dramatically lower earnings, whether they object or not. Not just landscapers and tomato pickers, [because] Indians and Chinese by the millions can do nursing and accounting. There would not be any job that would not see its earnings fall to the global average.
Bloomberg — who has an estimated wealth of $55 billion — is trying to exempt investors and shareholders from the nation’s immigration rules, said Krikorian. For Bloomberg, “immigration laws are not one of those things that should be allowed to interfere in [the growth of] shareholders’ value,” he said.
“It is obviously unprecedented — but this is not obviously different from [President] George [W.] Bush’s ideal immigration plan … [and] he is expressing a pretty standard Republican plutocrat approach to immigration,” he added.
President Bush described his “any willing worker” cheap labor plan in 2004, saying:
Out of common sense and fairness, our laws should allow willing workers to enter our country and fill jobs that Americans have are not filling. (Applause.) We must make our immigration laws more rational, and more humane. And I believe we can do so without jeopardizing the livelihoods of American citizens.
Our reforms should be guided by a few basic principles. First, America must control its borders …
Second, new immigration laws should serve the economic needs of our country. If an American employer is offering a job that American citizens are not willing to take, we ought to welcome into our country a person who will fill that job.
In December 2018, departing House Speaker Paul Ryan echoed Bush’s “any willing worker” goal. MORE
WOW! What a POS! Are you going to put that in your TV ads?
“This country needs more immigrants and we should be out looking for immigrants”
Incorrect answer, Mikey. This country needed more immigrants in the 19th century. We’re full up, now.
We have a significant portion of our population receiving a check not to work, and that is a societal cancer which will destroy us if it is not stopped. We don’t need more people, we need fewer Democrats. 100% fewer, in fact.
And what does an influx of unlimited labor do to the wages of the existing workforce?
And what does an influx of people who have no allegiance to our country beyond at-will employment do to our national security?
Being a hate America globalist will only get you so far in both the Dem and Republican primaries.
Well, #MAGA was already taken, so Bloominidiot opted for #FAOA FuckAmericansOverAgain.
He’s almost as good at shooting his own foot as hairy legs joe.
“For those who need an oboe player for the symphony, we want the best one.”
Funny, the Detroit Symphony used to have blind auditions. The musicians would be hidden by a curtain. The judges would only identify the musicians by a number. No words would be spoken. There was no way to know the race or identity of the musician.
Guess what happened? The Detroit Symphony was found to be discriminatory because it did not have many black musicians. They then had to start identifying musicians by race and hire accordingly.
So after Liberals imposed this quota system on the US, Bloomberg has the nerve to say that Americans are crappy and that we need to bring in foreigners who are better?
Bloomberg can engage in self intercourse.
Trump actually said much the same thing, that we welcome capable people who can contribute to our economy (although I appreciate BrassG’s point). That’s when the Left ran with ‘he only wants Scandinavians’.
Yet Bloomberg wants the ones who run across the border or claim refugee status, despite his statement.
Bloomberg is a very sinister character. He’s drunk with power (he is one of the richest men in the world), and after a tepid run as NYC mayor, his head is swelled larger than any hollywood jackass at the golden globes this past week.
It’s one thing to be drunk with power, but another to be an enemy of our way of life.
Beware of this man.
He’s showin his wunnerful wokiness so each supporter
he attracts will vote at least 3 times.
He’s showin his wunnerful wokiness so each supporter
he attracts will vote at least 3 times.
Screw Biden. THIS guy is the one that needs a lot of bashing. He is second only to Soros as the most dangerous fascist on earth.
Having worked my entire career in white collar technology I can affirm that the best, most talented, intelligent technologists are American. The only true competition they have are Israeli.
Hire the Best?
Hire the Best Foreigner?
Good!
BLOOMIN’IDIOT, YOU’RE FIRED!
Remember, filthy, steenking, Americans: When it comes to New Yorkers (billionaires? too! … oh, my), you are never the “best”. Never can be. It’s just the filthy, steenking,
whowhat, you are.And the unionized libtards will endorse him anyways… 🙄
How can someone who clearly hates America and Americans expect to win the presidency?
Sorry runt, we already hired the best man to be president!
They’re working the illegals into a emotional lather to ensure they vote in 2020.
F-ing dems need them to break one more law. Hey, it’s only one more violation.
They may not be able to beat President Trump but they’ll need those votes in the house in 20 and 22 to have any hope of controlling him.
We’d love to hire “the Best” Bloomie; but most job candidates are like you…
“Dan Knowles – How can someone who clearly hates America and Americans expect to win the presidency?”
Dan, that treasonous rat obama was elected TWICE. Tlaib and omar and cortez are elected to Congress.
Come on!