Quote Originally Posted by taxfree4 View Post
I don't know where you get this information from but religion is, has and will always be part of politics. It is the basis of law, the UCC is based directly on the Code of Canon Law. It is the cornerstone of all the founding documents, Congress opens each session with a prayer, the President and all of Congress has to be sworn in before taking office with the last words being "... so help me God" When you go to court, you're in church whether you know it or not. As far as those workers go don't give them unemployment for 99 weeks and they'll be in those fine, those migrants drive down wages and automation will soon replace them. BTW, never see illegals standing outside a coal mine to work. Americans do the jobs illegals don't have the balls to.
I'll not pretend to be as knowledgeable as you in these things. I've always wondered why the gods are invoked in a great many of our legal services. I tend to believe it was a hold over given that when religion ruled the world it was called the dark ages. Fortunately those same founders saw fit to forge the living document we know and cherish as the Constitution which allows us both to have our beliefs and the freedom to speak about them vs being burned at the stake for not following some archaic puritan canon. Religion can be a good guiding force for any individual or country, however when left unchecked a great deal of evil acts have been committed in the name of the gods. A great deal of good has been done too.

I fully 100% agree with you on unemployed workers, I'd love to see Kansas and Maine style assistance requirements enacted across the country. Recently, while have a conversation about state assistance, I finally came to understand the difference between a hand up vs a hand out. Our assistance programs went from being safety nets to help people get back on their feet to debilitating programs more destructive to people than drugs.

Migrants do drive down the wages, they also do a lot of jobs nobody else wants to. Besides, they aren't stupid. Where are coal mines located? Coal mines still pay a good wage I believe and migrant workers may just disappear without a trace in those places. By an large blue collar work is looked down upon by most people, everybody wants some cushy office job. You want to get rid of migrant workers fine, get our lazy countrymen and woman off their asses and out into the fields, coal mines, factories and construction sites. Pay them a fair wage, offer good benefits and make housing affordable. Reinforce the concept of working for a living. When you make a better living sitting on the couch vs. going to work... True migrant workers come in for the season, they follow the harvest and go home when it's done. Most of us don't have an issue with them. It's the ones that decide not to leave we have the issue with.