I don't know what show it was on, by I was listening to the readio today (Sunday, March 12, 2006) and heard Ellen Ratner as a guest on some guys radio show. She was arguing that we should let Mexicans in to do our unskilled labor, but should be sparing of letting Europeans in to compete with us for skilled labor positions. Her supposed rationale was that with unskilled labor would somehow equilibrate, while skilled albor wouldn't. She also suggested that we could benefit from an open-borders policy because Americans could work in Mexico and Canada as well as letting foreigners work here.
Of course, the host (please tell me if you know who this is) pointed out that it was unlikely that there would be a lot of jobs for Americans in Mexico (at least at wages that we would work for). As for Canada, it's a tenth our size, population-wise. It couldn't possibly create enough jobs to make up for the jobs taken by Mexicans.
In any case, the host kept acting mystified as to why Ratner wanted to let unskilled Mexicans in to work, but not skilled Europeans. While the host couldn't understand the difference, anyone who thinks can understand it quite well. All that is needed is to realize that Ellen Ratner is a self-interested little hypocrite.
The difference between unskilled laborers and skilled laborers isn't their effect on jobs. Both will increase the supply of workers for their profession and thus lower wages. The difference, of course, is whose jobs will be affected. Ratner is a political comentator, reporter, and all-around media person. Unskilled Mexicans won't be competing for her job. But skilled Europeans will. So let the peasants eat cake, as long as her job is protected.
So she gets to be anti-racist by making certain that the poor Mexicans and other foreigners are able to get work in the U.S. while at the same time not putting her earnings at risk.
I am certain that Steve Sailer has commented on this, but I can't find the exact article I am looking for right now.
That is all.
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