Oh look - a Pander Bear

What is in the water there... From Breitbart comes this story:

Dem Rep: Unionize 12 Million Illegals
The Daily Caller: WASHINGTON � California Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman said at a press conference on immigration outside the Capitol Friday afternoon that America needs immigration reform to help those here illegally while also allowing them unionize for better wages.

�We need a regular process by which the 12 million people who are part of our society can be fully part of our society, and they need documents,� the congressman said. �It�s important for the labor market of this country because as long as there are 12 million people without documents, there are 12 million people who can�t stand up for their rights as workers, and that means there are 12 million people who can be used by unscrupulous employers to keep down wages and to prevent unions from organizing.�

Hey Brad -- if your political career is that shaky that you need to pander to the Unions and promise them 12 Million more members, maybe you should get out of Politics and go back to what you did before you were elected. Oh. Wait. From the Wikipedia entry:

He received a B.A. from University of California Summa Cum Laude in 1974 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School Magna Cum Laude in 1979.

Before joining Congress, Sherman was on staff at one of the nations� big-four CPA firms. While at the firm, he audited large businesses and governmental entities, provided tax law counsel on multi-million dollar transactions, advised entrepreneurs and small businesses on tax and investment issues, and helped represent the Government of the Philippines under President Aquino in a successful effort to seize assets of deposed President Marcos. Sherman was also an instructor at Harvard Law School�s International Tax Program.

The guy is smart -- no problems there.

Sherman�s public service career includes serving on the California State Board of Equalization from 1991 to 1996. He was Chairman of the Board from 1991 to 1995.

So he works in the private sector for twelve years and then enters politics at the state level.

U.S. House of Representatives (1997�Present)

He takes two years off and then runs for the House of Representatives in 1997 and has been there for the last fifteen years. Seriously, I will credit him his real-world experience but he has been a public servant for twenty-one years -- he is out of touch with the real world and only knows what his handlers and lobbyists have told him. For him to seriously suggest this amnesty and mandatory conversion to Union labor is totally clueless. Small businesses are what drive this economy and by raising the cost of labor, Unions are hamstringing the economic potential of this nation.