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johnnysmith
Arizona Treatment Centers

Everytime I’ve voted in Arizona (Chandler) during the two years I’ve lived here, I’ve been asked for photo ID.

Dell setting up shop ‘just across the border in Sweden’ would be a neat trick as Finland sits between Russia and Sweden.

-Rob

This reminds me of a story I read last millennium about Dell. They wanted to do business in Russia, but since the business climate there is so corrupt, it’s impossible to compete and to obey the laws at the same time. The standard practice is to break certain laws as necessary but to have the proper political contacts, so you can distribute bribes as necessary. So Dell set up shop just across the border in Sweden and cultivated relationships with Russian distributors who would do the dirty work, and Dell could continue to be a law-abiding company.

I’m sure that both Dell and Russia prospered significantly less than they would have in a more law-observant environment. Laws like these, which are more thoughtless and lazy than malicious, encourage corruption here.

Well, look at it from the point of one who works for a company that has questionable employees. Months ago we received from the state a notice that companies were not legally allowed to fire employees that provided counterfeit identification. My boss nearly went insane when that one showed up. So now with the E-Verify system, which can only be used for new hires, there is a glimmer that we might be able to do something about those that break the law. No, it’s not a huge law, but it is a law that is important.

It’s not about racism, it’s about all about keeping the respect for the law intact. If those who are supposed to enforce that law are unwilling or unable to do so, why should anyone care about the law? It is being thrown on the shoulders of the AZ business community, but we’d be willing to do something, as opposed to politicians who seem paralyzed at the slightest sign of protest or indignation.

Then again, it’s not going to work that well. Good intentions too late are not enough, and strangling those who shouldered the burden for so long is not wise policy. It’s going to take more than this to solve any of the issues associated with the illegal immigration problem.

Again, it’s not racism. Looks can be deceiving.

By the way, Human Events has a “Ron Paul is a nut” post on their blog that was posted months before yours. Looks about the same as yours too.

http://www.creativedestruction.com/archives/000774.html

Cheers,
-Sameer