Michael Moore on Lou Dobbs

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:23 PM

JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER

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Lou Dobbs interviewed filmmaker Michael Moore last night (October 14,
2003). It was a real disappointment because he showed a complete lack
of regard for the plight facing American workers and the security of
our nation's borders.

Moore recognizes the fact that illegal aliens are used for slave labor
but he insists that they shouldn't be stopped from entering our
country. He seemed ignorant of the issues and didn't seem to be
prepared for the questions that Dobbs posed. There has been much
speculation whether Moore would help our cause - his interview probably
makes the answer to that question obvious.

Moore claims to be a champion of American unions and a friend of
American workers. If so, why isn't he concerned about slave labor?

http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/index.php
Roger & Me
In 1989, Michael Moore burst onto the American moviemaking scene with
Roger & Me. The groundbreaking documentary chronicled the efforts of
the world's largest corporation, General Motors, as it turns its
hometown of Flint, Michigan, into a ghost town. In his quest to
discover why GM would want to do such a thing, Michael Moore - a Flint
native - attempts to meet the chairman, Roger Smith, and persuade him
to come and visit Flint to see the destruction first-hand.

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0310/14/ldt.00.html

MOORE: "No, no. Actually, I welcome people to come to this country.
It's a large country. If you've ever driven across Kansas, you know
there's lots of room. "

DOBBS: No, no, Michael, I said illegal.

MOORE: "Oh, that's what I mean. I think a lot of people, a lot of our
ancestors got here by any means necessary, many of them illegally. And
so now we have a new crop of people who are here -- quote --
"illegally.""

MOORE: "And I'm not worried about people who choose to come here and
work hard to clean our floors, pick our fruit, and do all the jobs none
of us want to do. "

MOORE: "So I don't know why we want to punk on these people. Lou, this
is the part I don't get. Why do we as Americans -- or at least some
Americans -- want to punish the people who are the least among us? That
is not the way I think most of us were raised. We should hold out a
helping hand to those who are trying to make a better life, I think."

DOBBS: Yes. I think you and I would agree this country has a remarkable
record of generosity in nearly all respects, internationally, with
immigration.

But, at the same time, you talk about the people most deprived in this
country, they are the people also most suffering as a result of very
depressed wages because of illegal immigration. And it's something that
no one wants seemingly to touch in politics. They'd rather repair to
some sort of soulful refrain about opening our arms. We've opened our
arms.

MOORE: How about this? How about this? Why don't we all agree that we
need to raise the minimum wage? Wouldn't you agree with that, that the
minimum wage has been too low for too long? Wouldn't that be a big help
to people on the lower end of things?

DOBBS: I think that it would in some cases, in others, not,
particularly the imposition that it might put on some small businesses.

(CROSSTALK)

DOBBS: If you and I were going to negotiate, I would say to you that it
doesn't mat what the minimum wage is, so long as you have a constant
flow of one million illegal immigrants into the country every year that
will work for lower wages, doing so now. And it continues to depress
it. And I know you support labor unions, but they have this bizarre
philosophy that they are going to endorse illegal aliens, at the same
time, trying to protect jobs. I don't know if it's worked. Do you?

MOORE: Yes.

I don't think large corporations really want to get rid of illegal
aliens, because, again, the economy would not function without their
slave labor.

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