Economic Silver Bullet

WARNING: THIS MAY BE DEEMED POLITICALLY INCORRECT

This idea hit me this morning as I drove to work through an economically-challenged neighborhood.

The U.S. economy has lost about 3 million jobs since the recession started.

We have approximately 10 to 20 million illegal aliens in our midst (estimates vary), holding approximately 4 to 10 million jobs (again the estimates I found are all over the place).

I realize it may be rude, but may we ask those here illegally if we may have our jobs back?

And concomitantly, may we stop providing many of them with free health care, free education, etc.?

Think of it as a wedding party. Illegals aren't our guests-- they are more like party crashers. Perhaps many of us didn't mind when there was plenty of food and drink to go around, but our stocks are running low. Whom should we feed first--our invited guests, or those who cut the line to get in?

One always sounds mean when talking about illegal immigration. Yes, they are people. Yes, I know and like many. But the truth is this country is very much like a lifeboat-- if everyone climbs in, we all sink. That's unfortunate, but that's the truth.

President Obama-- you say you want to save or create 3-4 million jobs? Enforce the immigration laws.

It'll be a heckuva lot cheaper than $1 trillion bucks.