Jonah, there’s much to write in response to what your productivity guy says (in what is a very interesting email), but think for a moment about what he writes here (“There’s always going to be a demand for local residential and commercial construction, and for the well-paid skilled labor (carpenters, electricians, plumbers etc.) that is required. So if you’re a new/potential entrant to the labor force and not particularly good with language/math or otherwise suited to office work, some good advice would be “learn a trade.”) and then think just what Bush-style mass immigration means (and is meaning) for the wage levels paid for that type of service.

As I’ve already said, “”the lesser of two evils” is a perfectly respectable reason to hold one’s nose and pull the lever (or use the dodgy electronic voting machine) for the GOP, and stopping Bush’s immigration scheme is (as Rich, Stanley and others have written) a good part of that reason.

Who would have thought that, after six years, the best (but not the only) reason to vote GOP is to stop George W. Bush. Oh well.