Outsourcing and Illegals

I recently had a conversation with a couple of liberal friends and the hypocrisy of the discussion was staggering.

The conversation started with illegal immigration and, of course, quickly progressed to them claiming that, “Americans won’t do the jobs that illegals will,” (apparently exploiting the poor is tolerable if they are here illegally).

I told them that the employers should be raising their wage until Americans are willing to do those jobs and we would have to deal with the subsequent rise in prices for that good or service (liberals have a hard time grasping the concept of supply and demand, but that’s a whole other discussion).

They kept saying that people wouldn’t be willing to pay higher prices, so I brought up outsourcing.

American companies outsource to raise their profit margins and provide cheaper prices for us, the consumers. But according to my liberal friends, outsourcing = pure evil.

So it’s unethical for businesses to legally ship American jobs overseas so that we can enjoy Walmart prices, but it is perfectly acceptable for businesses to illegally hire immigrants and pay them a pittance because we want to save a couple bucks on oranges?

You guys are going to have to pick one or the other, though I don’t expect that you will. Liberals tend to think they can have their cake and eat it, too.