Ask this stimulus bill question (illegal aliens taking jobs from U.S. citizens)

Please go to a public appearance of a political leader who supports the stimulus plan and ask them the following question. Feel free to modify it to match your speaking style, and if you can find a quicker way to state this question please leave it in comments:

Version 1:

Obama says that the stimulus bill will save or create millions of jobs. Whatever the exact number, there will still be millions of unemployed Americans, right? Unfortunately, in the final bill, provisions to prevent illegal aliens from receiving jobs were stripped out. That means that every stimulus job that's taken by an illegal alien is one that was in effect taken away from a U.S. citizen. What would you say to a U.S. citizen who can't get a stimulus job because it was taken from them by an illegal alien?

Version 2:

Obama says that the stimulus bill will save or create about 4 million jobs. Whatever the exact number, there will still be millions of unemployed Americans, right? Unfortunately, in the final bill, provisions to prevent illegal aliens from receiving jobs were stripped out. Now let's say that illegal aliens get even just 1% of those jobs, or 40,000 or so of the total amount of jobs covered under the bill. Doesn't each of those 40,000 or so jobs represent a job that a U.S. citizen could have gotten, but didn't? What would you say to a U.S. citizen who can't get a stimulus job because it was taken by an illegal alien?

Version 3:

Do you agree that any job created by the stimulus bill that's taken by an illegal alien is one that was taken away from a U.S. citizen? To help you [NOTE: point at the politician] understand what I'm getting at, the stimulus bill will only create a finite number of jobs. And, the number of people who want those jobs will be greater than the number of jobs that are available. What that boils down to is that every stimulus job that goes to an illegal alien represents a job that was taken away from a U.S. citizen. What would you say to a U.S. citizen who can't get a stimulus job because it was taken by an illegal alien?

(If you use exact numbers, try to make sure that your question isn't about those exact numbers by using weasel words like "4 million or so". Otherwise, the person asked the question will try to deflect the question by responding to that instead. The Obama statement that it would "create or save" 4 million jobs was active as of January 10, and might have changed since: link)

Sun, 02/15/2009 - 14:19 · · Importance: 19