The Business of America is Business?

by Craig Chamberlain

Calvin Coolidge, a hero to many a conservative for his small government, tax cutting philosophies, once famously quipped that the Business of America is Business. In some sense that's true. Historically the GOP has always believed that the best way to help the American economy is to adopt a business friendly approach. But there comes a point when we need to remember that what's best for business is not always best for America.

Now, rest assured, I haven't gone socialist on anyone. The business of America might be business, but what's good for big business is not always what's best for America. There's a difference in thought here. Most American businesses are not big businesses. Most business men don't represent fortune 500 companies, and they are not yelling for a guest worker program. Most business men are patriots who understand that while capitalism is great there is more to life than money.

What the big business, Wall Street Journal group, is interested in is not capitalism exactly. They are more interested in an oligarchic mutation of capitalism. They believe that anything that threatens their interests, to say no to them, is to somehow be a closet Marxist. The country can rot, its culture can deteriorate, and we can be plunged into social chaos. But as long as their bottom line is sound they don't care. Their sneering contempt for the social issues facing this country are breathtaking. Listening to these Wall Street Journal open border advocates you get the impression that they would sell their daughters to a Las Vegas whorehouse if it would fatten their wallet a little bit, or they would be happy to see the country tailspin to its fire demise so long as they get their cheap labor.

The GOP has claimed that it is the party of the middle class, along with being the business friendly party. And I think that has been a good thing. A country needs to have a thriving middle class in order for it to be prosperous and stable. And it makes sense to support businesses that create middle class jobs, or allow the middle class to start businesses to grow the economy. The Wall Street Journal types don't worry about the middle class because they aren't part of that group, but most Americans are. The open borders, and guest worker program they advocate would cripple the American middle class.

Conservatives, and other members of the GOP have long been accused of being puppets for big corporations. I, along with many other conservatives, have long said that being pro business does not equate with being a puppet. It's time to prove that. Will the GOP cave into the guest worker lobby and vote for the the immigration bill, a bill that gives middle class Americans nothing, or will it tell the big business men where they can get off?