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by Brian Hayes | Top Right News
As Dr. Ben Carson begins to go on the attack against Donald Trump, the positions he is espousing on immigration are shocking many conservatives who had previously been impressed by his life story.
The GOP presidential candidate, who has been generally 2nd to Trump in the polls, broke the unofficial “truce” with Trump last week, hitting the billionaire on his immigration program, but also putting forward views on illegal aliens that sound identical to those of pro-amnesty Jeb Bush.
On Tuesday, Carson slammed Trump's tough plans for illegals, saying America cannot deport illegal alien workers, claiming it would cause entire industries to “collapse.”
On Greta last night, Carson went even further, saying that America needs illegal alien workers to do the jobs that Americans simply won't do — a common talking point of both Bush, and Barack Obama:
Yikes!
Notice how Carson also tries to sell the well-worn canard that replacing illegals with American workers would triple or quadruple prices.
First of all, the labor costs of a product like tomatoes is only 6%-8% of the price. So even if you doubled the workers' wages — which would attract American workers — the cost of a tomato would only raise 16% or so, not 400%.
And Carson's focus, like Bush, on produce, is also a red herring.
According to Pew Research, less than 4% of illegal aliens in the U.S. are employed in agriculture of all types. The vast majorities work in substantial jobs such as construction, roofing, landscaping, and even masonry and plumbing, where their low wages have driven many millions of Americans out of work.
In Europe, where most nations lack a steady supply of cheap illegal alien labor, farmers have turned to technology. As a result most product in Europe is picked by machine. Even vineyards are now turning to robots to pick grapes for wine. Only in America do we permit giant farmers to use near-slave labor to increase profits, while stifling innovation, and passing the massive costs of illegal alien families' education, healthcare and welfare onto the backs of taxpayers.
How on Earth is that “conservative”? Carson just doesn't get it, and I doubt his pro-amnesty message will appeal to most American workers.
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