Lou Dobbs is on target with the economy

[mac2]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/22/Dobbs.January23/index.html

None of the candidates can complain since they were part of the problem.

[rzemanfl]

1. I prefer the opinions of people who aren't horse's asses. n/t

[mac2]

5. I think many of his programs are very good

His issues about trade, illegal immigration, the national debt, freedom, right on. He's one of four who tell it the way it is.

[gateley]

2. He does bring some valid points to the table.

Just because he's a bit whack on immigration, doesn't mean all his ideas should be ignored.

His book, "The War on the Middle Class" is right on.

[BearSquirrel2]

6. Embrace the positive ...

I don't think you can completely dismiss someone because they disagree on one subject. Fact is, Dobbs is on the air EVERY night talking about NAFTA, Free Trade and Outsourcing. He's the only one. Just Lou!!!

The other half of his show is dedicated to the notion that we cannot accept every possible immigrant. It's in the same vein as his protecting American jobs thesis. Truth is that the desirability of a job is largely dependent on wages. The fact that business are importing extra labor makes their desirability go down. It's kinda a self fulfilling prophecy. Ultimately the big problem is that Mexico is governed by extremely rich assholes who treat the US as their department of health and human services. We need to put more political pressure on them to change.

Actually the whole immigration issue is pretty much summarized in the "Goobacks" episode of South Park. It could have been a Charlie Kauffman script for how brilliant and dead on everything is!!!

[gateley]

8. Biden was also saying that Mexico actually has LOTS of money, and that

they need to take responsibility for their people.

And I'm in total agreement - you can't dismiss someone because of a disagreement on a certain approach.

But there are too many people who do that as a knee-jerk reaction. "He said what? I'll never listen to him again!." Stupid.

[mac2]

7. I happen to agree with his immigration protest

They don't belong here without coming in legally. We already have more than the normal amount of legal immigrants coming into the country.

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ The Catholic church is hiding illegals and bringing them in as "workers". A few Evengelical Luthern churches in my area bring in Chinese "workers".

They want amnesty for Mexicans because they are Catholics. Not good citizens those Cardinals (Kennedy supports amnesty for them).

These churches should lose their tax exempt status because they are interfering with government laws, etc.

No one is above the law...even those who climb over the fence with drugs in their pockets and kill border agents. In a nearby town we have the Russian Mafia. Ya...let all the crooks in the world into America we are rich anyway. Its equal opportunity for criminals from all over the world.

[BearSquirrel2]

9. The difficulty with sanctioning the Catholic church ...

The difficulty with sanctioning the Catholic church is that they ALL belong to the Catholic Church (or the diocese directly). I don't think there is no notion of the laity controlling church assets or even local sovereignty.

You can't strip a congregation of 501(c)3 status. You would have to do it to the entire church ... or at the diocese level.

Given they won't even strip the Scientologists of their status, I don't think you could ever do it to the Catholic Church. I think you would have to pass laws that make future church endeavors "local" by forcing them to incorporate locally.

[OrrenBoyle]

3. Perhaps, but he's wong about the origin.

We aren't blameless but it didn't start with Bush, Reid and Pelosi. If we had passed the
Balanced Budget Amendment in 1995 we would have blocked both Bush's tax cut for the rich and
the War on Saddam. Is it too late for a do over?

[mac2]

4. Big tax cuts came after Bush became President

Clinton as you remember increased taxes on the rich to pay off the debt. We were doing that with a balanced budget (but still huge debt from the other Bush and Reagan). To cut taxes for the rich again just sent us in to backward spiral (that and the bag of plunder wars).

Pelosi and Reid have not been able to get tax cuts since they gained power. If the Republicans had the same "lead" they would have passed it (that is if they wanted...which we know they don't). Pelosi and Reid should be impeaching this President for bankrupting us with lies of wars.

[leftofthedial]

10. he's right that leaders have squandered wealth, but the REAL problem is

they've collaborated with corporations to destroy our ability to make new wealth

[mac2]

11. It's been off shored to British Cayman Island banks who

do money laundering, hiding assets, etc. They have our war and corporate profits.

[sendero]

12. I agree with him to a point..

... he should be saying "Republicans" because THEY AND THEY ALONE are the ones pushing this "deregulation" bullshit that becomes a disaster each and every time it is tried.

Note to Libertarians and other idiots. We have regulations because big business has proven time and time again that without it they will run wild and create yet another disaster for short term profit.

There is a rumor going around that Bank of America is petitioning Congress for a 739 BILLION DOLLAR bailout. It's time to let institutions that cannot manage their business FAIL, just like they let Joe Six Pack do.