Comments on: GRITtv Live at Noon: Is Immigration Reform Dead? http://grittv.org/2009/07/01/grittv-live-at-noon-is-immigration-reform-dead/ Cultivating a Better Conversation Sat, 14 May 2011 01:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tejanarusa http://grittv.org/2009/07/01/grittv-live-at-noon-is-immigration-reform-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 tejanarusa Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.grittv.org/2009/07/01/grittv-live-at-noon-is-immigration-reform-dead/#comment-1843 <p>I strongly support immigration reform, but I think the recession and, yes, the wars (from which we aren’t really bringing the troops home) mean that it is mostly dead for now. Trying to manage a free-falling economy is a full-time job in itself, and other very important issues just can’t be done at the same time.<br /> Of course, this is also why health care/insurance reform is a must-do-now because it is intimately entwined with the economic problems of our country. Immigration, while certainly strongly connected with economic issues, is less so, by comparison. Thus, further down the road.</p> <p>OT— Terry Groce currently interviewing Jeff Sharlett on the “Family,” or whatever that crazy group that owns the spooky house and counseled Sanford calls itself. Even weirder than I thought.</p> I strongly support immigration reform, but I think the recession and, yes, the wars (from which we aren’t really bringing the troops home) mean that it is mostly dead for now. Trying to manage a free-falling economy is a full-time job in itself, and other very important issues just can’t be done at the same time.
Of course, this is also why health care/insurance reform is a must-do-now because it is intimately entwined with the economic problems of our country. Immigration, while certainly strongly connected with economic issues, is less so, by comparison. Thus, further down the road.

OT— Terry Groce currently interviewing Jeff Sharlett on the “Family,” or whatever that crazy group that owns the spooky house and counseled Sanford calls itself. Even weirder than I thought.

]]> By: Elliott http://grittv.org/2009/07/01/grittv-live-at-noon-is-immigration-reform-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Elliott Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:06:31 +0000 http://www.grittv.org/2009/07/01/grittv-live-at-noon-is-immigration-reform-dead/#comment-1842 <p>prolly</p> prolly

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